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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:53:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Cliff Roman <white@wavetech.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303125239.20872E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199803011951.NAA21350@riptide.wavetech.net>

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On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Cliff Roman wrote:

> I purchased my FreeBSD CDs last week and I am happy to say, I am starting
> to make some progress
> in the brand new world of Unix (brand new to me that is).

Welcome aboard!

> However I would like to be able to dialup my IP, connect via PPP and then
> use IRC, FTP and TINTIN
> directly from my FreeBSD.

No problem.

> The only part I am missing here is the dialup part.. I was looking through
> my ports and I came across
> DIP.. I did the MAKE INSTALL and it looks like it installed correctly,
> however I can not figure out how
> to start it up. I tried "dip" and "DIP".. just keeps telling me it doesnt
> exist. 

You missed ppp! :-)  Simply run `ppp' to get you started.

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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