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Date:      Sat, 03 Jan 1998 22:01:22 +1300
From:      Mark Ibell <marki@ihug.co.nz>
To:        Doug Jolley <doug@bigwheel.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP
Message-ID:  <34ADFE62.41C67EA6@ihug.co.nz>
References:  <199801032107.NAA19710@jupiter.neptune.net>

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Doug Jolley wrote:
> 
> Could someone please give me an overview of what I need to
> do to connect my FreeBSD box via PPP to my ISP.  I alrady
> have networking/tcpip setup.  Thanks for any input.
> 
>      ... doug
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Doug Jolley    mailto://doug@bigwheel.net     http://www.bigwheel.net
>          Don't bogart that file, my friend.  Net it over to me.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

First decide whether you want to use kernel or user ppp; started
via pppd or ppp respectively. Setup of both basically involves
editting files in '/etc/ppp'. But don't forget '/etc/resolv.conf'.
I feel kernel ppp is easier to set up but offers less flexibility
than user ppp. Reading the man pages pppd(8) and/or ppp(8) should
suffice. If you still have further questions don't hesitate to
ask.

Go to it lad,

  Mark



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