Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:55:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: larry_nilsen <larry_nilsen@eee.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: trying to setup ppp!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810271653040.16538-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3636148B.75FF4435@eee.org>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, larry_nilsen wrote: > Hi heres my question when i installed FREEBSD2.2.7 It asked me if i > wanted to do additional network setup. i hit yes thinking this is how > i will be able to configure ppp to reach my ISP and cruse the > internet.None of this has taken place yet.Im starting to feel like i > should of answered no to that Question. Unless you configured and interface in there you should be OK. > Another thing is i noticed in reading the man pages it says when i > type at the command#ppp it should say pppON<AWFULHACK: somthing like > this.Mine just says pppON> and i know this isnt right. Wrong, it's fine. It should sa ppp ON systemname> where 'systemname' is the name of the system returned by the 'hostname' command. > Is there a way to reverse what i did and start over.Im just going to > be a single user that wants to use FREEBSD 2.2.7 to surf the internet > "Nothing" fancy Heres is what i see on boot up if this helps: The network configuration can be tuned from /etc/rc.conf. Note that you should not set the NIS domainname. > I hope this helps a little? I cp all my etc/ppp/ppp.sample stuff where > they should go. so that part should be OK! One more Quick Question > in my /etc/ppp.conf file i copyied to the pmdemand pap or chap > to myname which i think is my name i use to my ISP > my key i put my password i use to login to my ISP > Can you tell me if i did this right It was a little confusing what to > put there exactly? I have all my ISP information available if i need > to redo it Sounds ok to me. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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