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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:55:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: larry_nilsen <larry_nilsen@eee.org>
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Subject: Re: trying to setup ppp!!
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, larry_nilsen wrote:

> Hi heres my question when i installed FREEBSD2.2.7 It asked me if i
> wanted to do additional network setup. i hit yes thinking this is how
> i will be able to configure ppp to reach my ISP and cruse the
> internet.None of this has taken place yet.Im starting to feel like i
> should of answered no to that Question.

Unless you configured and interface in there you should be OK.

> Another thing is i noticed in reading the man pages it says when i
> type at the command#ppp it should say pppON<AWFULHACK: somthing like
> this.Mine just says pppON> and i know this isnt right.

Wrong, it's fine.  It should sa

ppp ON systemname>

where 'systemname' is the name of the system returned by the 'hostname'
command.  

> Is there a way to reverse what i did and start over.Im just going to
> be a single user that wants to use FREEBSD 2.2.7 to surf the internet
> "Nothing" fancy Heres is what i see on boot up if this helps:

The network configuration can be tuned from /etc/rc.conf.

Note that you should not set the NIS domainname.

> I hope this helps a little? I cp all my etc/ppp/ppp.sample stuff where
> they should go.  so that part should be OK! One more Quick Question
> in my /etc/ppp.conf file i copyied to the pmdemand pap or chap
> to myname which i think is my name i use to my ISP
> my key i put my password i use to login to my ISP
> Can you tell me if i did this right It was a little confusing what to
> put there exactly? I have all my ISP information available if i need
> to redo it

Sounds ok to me.

Doug White                               
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