Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:05:46 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: "Young" <young@richardson.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to get assistance ?? Message-ID: <19990825121020.GXQA3442178.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <00c601beeea1$486868a0$857e03cb@jdy>
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On 25 Aug 99, at 12:26, Young wrote: > I can dial up manually, using "ppp", "term", ATDT<phone_number>, but can't > understand how to even begin preparing a chat script, so any sort of > automatic dialling is out of the question for the immediate future. There is a sample script at http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/ppp.htm and links to the various ppp resources. > I have a local hosts file setup on the gateway box, and can successfully > ping other boxes on the LAN by either name or IP address. This is a very good start. > Another area of concern is the ppp.conf file ...... I'm 99% confused about > most of it .... reading the PPP MAN only makes me more confused every time > I read it. If anyone has a dialup internet account and the type of login > that prompts for login & password, I'd really appreciate a copy of their > ppp.conf file as it might be a lot more help than the documentation has > been. Join the club <grin>. I don't use dial up, but see the above URL. Also, http://www.freebsdzine.org -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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