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Date:      Sun, 23 Sep 2001 02:54:11 +0200
From:      Piet Delport <siberiyan@mweb.co.za>
To:        Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
Cc:        Raymond Pert <rpert@ji-net.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP what next!
Message-ID:  <20010923025411.A23038@athalon>
In-Reply-To: <20010919072741.U84181-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 at 07:32:15 -0400, Dru wrote:
> If your prompt changes to all caps or PPP, you're connected. You've
> also lost that prompt for the duration of your connection, so open up
> another terminal using your ALT Function keys. Running a trace route
> or a ping to a URL is a good connection test. When you're finished,
> return to the terminal with the PPP prompt and type the word by.

The prompt isn't necessarily lost.  You can press <Ctrl-Z> to suspend
PPP and return to your prompt, then immediately type `bg' to let it
continue executing in the background.

To shut it down again, type `fg' to bring it into the foreground, then
`close' to close the connection.

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Piet Delport <siberiyan@mweb.co.za>
Today's subliminal thought is:

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