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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:30:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        gameboy@no-spam.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ok i have a problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807201630070.16885-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35B0E620.CBA4681@interpath.com>

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On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Brian wrote:

> i have a problem installing freebsd over ppp connection to the
> internet...
> 
> in release 2.2.5 i had NO PROBLEMS figuring out how to set it up...
> 
> when i tried to do a fresh install(i wiped all the bsd partions off my
> hard drive(partition magic)
> booted off the(new) freebsd install disk...everything is fine...after i
> make the ppp connection....and go back to the menu system. to press
> enter, as soon as i press enter(0 second delay) it says it cannot find
> the host, i have tried to use the ip address as well, it is like it is
> scanning off the ethernet card, not the ppp device....what is going
> on....i assumed it would be no different from the 2.2.5
> release....please help

Try typing

add 0 0 HISADDR

at the PPP> prompt after you connect.  Then switch consoles.

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


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