From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 24 16:07:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA25203 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:07:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25148 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:07:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA12690; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:53:01 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199803242353.XAA12690@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: "sfoster@proweb.uk" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting Online. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:32:25 GMT." <01bd577d$1a9bf980$50a4b6c3@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:52:58 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I am sending you this Email via Internet Explorer. Setting up explorer = > and my modem was very easy in Windows 95. However I am an absolute = > beginner with Freebsd and consequently have not got a clue how to access = > my modem with it. I have got a couple of manuals that rabbit on about = > TCP\IP and PPP and abc and what not but I cannot make head nor tail of = > it. I've been using PCs for a while but am new to modems and protocols = > and so on. So please could some one (and I appreciate that you are busy, = > so I would be very grateful) just at least give me an outline of the = > steps I have to go through and I can try and fill in the details myself. Your best start is the Pedantic PPP Primer. There's a link from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html. > Thanks: Steve -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message