From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 23 22: 0:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33DC37B401 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 22:00:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60D9943E9C for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 22:00:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Received: from localhost (58ba8a6e63c30517cae2e6483458706d@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAO5u8Un022055; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:56:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Bill Baird Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting on the internet In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20021122163337.00aa9af0@pop.netzero.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Bill Baird wrote: > I just installed BSD 4.4 and I have the basics set up with the X windows > system. First thing I want to be able to do is get on the Internet. I > tried to "make netscape47-navigator" but I get an error message saying that > "GenericUserFolder-1-2-3.tgz doesn't seem to exist in > /usr/ports/distfiles/zope/." and several error messages follow wich I > assume is due to the initial error stated above. I can't seem to > find simple instructions to getting on the Internet. Also I have an > existing account with "netzero.net", can I use this with BSD. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. > First you set up your network connection; that depends on whether you dial in (use ppp) or connect with a DSL or cable modem. There are some fairly basic instructions in the book but also the manual page for ppp and the Handbook should help. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message