From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 26 7:39:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from darkstar.qx.net (darkstar.qx.net [208.235.88.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1430637B6BA for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 07:39:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@freeze.org) Received: from zw9js (uranium.remote.qx.net [208.200.110.149]) by darkstar.qx.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA21768 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:39:21 -0500 Message-ID: <00a401bf806f$e2365540$956ec8d0@lexmark.com> From: "Jim Freeze" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: How do I connect to my ISP via a modem Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:40:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Pardon my newness, but I am looking for some assistance in getting my freeBSD connected to the internet. Coming from a windows paradigm, to connect to the internet, I use a dialup service and specify various dns and gateway settings, in addition to a phone number and modem connect speed. After dialing up, I am magically able to use my internet browser and connect to remote sites. Also, I am able to telnet and ftp. I would like to do the same with FreeBSD. On freeBSD, is there a similar mechanism? I have read the FreeBSD handbook on dialout service using tip or cu, but, so far, I have not been able to make any sense of this (ie making it work or figuring out what capabilities it provides. It is not clear if I get a connection with tip that netscape will work.). Here are a few questions: 1. How do I determine what device bsd thinks my modem is using...cuaa0 or cuaa1...or whatever? 1b. Does it matter that the modem is a pcmcia card? 2. Where do I go to read more about obtaining a user dialup connection to the internet. I would like to be self educated on this matter but a little prompting to speed up the process would be appreciated. Thanks Jim jim@freeze.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message