Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:03:36 +0200 (EET) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: daniel.fry@unh.edu (Daniel K Fry) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: slip or ppp Message-ID: <199801281003.MAA05002@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96L.980127200004.18124A-100000@hopper.unh.edu> from "Daniel K Fry" at "Jan 27, 98 08:06:44 pm"
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Once Daniel K Fry wrote: > hi > > i am trying to connect my freebsd machine to the internet via my hardwired > connection here at school. we are going to have ethernet in our rooms > next year, but for now the connection hooks to the serial port. i just use > trumpet winsock with my win95 machine. > > so, i was figuring i would have to use slattach > > is this the right tool to use? keep in mind that i dont have to use a > modem. > > i tried setting it up according to the SLIP instructions in the > handbook and then skipped the part about dialing and just ran slattach > > slattach -h -c -s 19200 /dev/cuaa0 > > i get SIGHUP on /dev/cuaa0 (s1-1); exiting > You wrote: "keep in mind that i dont have to use a modem", so I would recommend you to use `-l' flag of slattach. > so do i need to use a different device name? No, it is a right name. -- Ruslan A. Ermilov System Administrator ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN
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