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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 1995 13:54:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com>
Cc:        "freebsd.questions" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Kernel config; MFS, tun or ijppp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951202135156.2484A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951202122513.27978A-100000@panix.com>

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On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Barry Masterson wrote:

I can't answer your mfs question, but I can do this:

> Also, in the config file, there are references to 'tun' & 'ijppp'.
> Two of the lines were hashed out in the distribution package. Can I leave 
> it as it is, recompile & expect my ppp connection to work?  Is ijppp a 
> newer & better version of tun?

Leave the tun0 device.  ijppp (aka ppp) uses it for it's connections.  the 
ppp device is a leftover from pppd.  

> I have a static ip address from my dial-up service provider and hope
> to run mosaic, netscape, chimera (atleast one - whatever is easy to
> install).

Netscape is the hardest, since you have to make a symlink from X11R6 to 
X11 so it can find some file.  :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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