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From: "Soul Seeker" <galaxy@global-impact.com>
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Subject: RE: Can't Connect to ISP! 
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:08:34 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Soul Seeker [mailto:galaxy@global-impact.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 6:00 PM
> To: Management
> Subject: RE: Can't Connect to ISP!
> 
> 
> Ok! I think I got everything down .
> 
> ok Here is exactly what i am doing!!!
> 
> I start up FreeBSD do the login password thing.
> then i do PPP then
> TERM then
> ATZ it comes up OK.
> then i do ATDT(NUMBER)
> it connects at 37333 on a 56K US.ROBOTICS. Sportster modem.
> Then it says
> PPP ON SOUL> PACKET MODE
> then i open a new screen. by pushing ALT AND F3.
> i type in my login and password.
> then i type
> FTP then
> OPEN then
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/www/netsca
> pe4-commun
> icator.us/pkg/DESCR
> then it says UNKNOWN HOST.
> don't understand what is going on?
> 
> is  that specific enough? What i said is exactly what i did!!!
> 
> please help!!
> 
>                                      thanks,
>                                      Anthony
>                                    Advertisement
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Management [mailto:admin@global-impact.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 2:53 PM
> > To: galaxy@global-impact.com
> > Subject: FW: Can't Connect to ISP!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Somers [mailto:brian@Awfulhak.org]
> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 8:59 AM
> > To: Management
> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Re: Can't Connect to ISP!
> >
> >
> > > I try to connect to my ISP but don't think that it connects.
> > > I mean it dials it picks up and ask me for pass etc, butwhen i
> > go to like
> > > your ftp to
> > > download Netscape it says something like "error something" and
> > i can't do
> > > anything online.
> >
> > I'm afraid I couldn't find anything saying "error something" in the
> > sources - can you be a bit more specific ?
> >
> > You may find http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html worth reading
> > too.
> >
> > > is ther something that i missed while i installed it? I mean i really
> > don't
> > > know what the @!#%$!
> > > is going on. So do you thing that you can help me with solving this
> > problem?
> > > I would really apreciate it if you would help...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                          thanks,
> > >                          Anthony
> > >
> > > e-mail=   galaxy@global-impact.com
> > > don't send to admin@global-impact.com
> >
> > --
> > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
> >       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>
> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 

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