From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 26 8:36:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 63E0537BD81 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:36:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.219.234.51] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id ta797751 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:35:03 -0500 Received: from Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA06054; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:36:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) From: Walter Brameld To: "Jim Freeze" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: Re: How do I connect to my ISP via a modem Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:34:59 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: <00a401bf806f$e2365540$956ec8d0@lexmark.com> In-Reply-To: <00a401bf806f$e2365540$956ec8d0@lexmark.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00022611361403.05869@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Jim Freeze wrote: > 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 > See if this is any help: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html -- Walter Brameld in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message