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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 00:04:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Kenneth Legg <sce04020@mail.wvnet.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: modems and ppp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906040004340.774-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <37549D03.597C43F2@mail.wvnet.edu>

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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Kenneth Legg wrote:

> My P.C. has only on serial port and my three button Logitech mouse is
> using it. I just bough a external modem and would like to use it for
> FreeBSD. I have a extra parallel port, can I hook the modem to it, or
> should I buy a serial i/o card?

You should buy the card.

> How many of the files in the /etc/ppp directory have to be edited to set
> up ppp. How do you edit the files, make a copy and leave off the sample
> at the end file and edit the copy? Example: copy  ppp.conf.sample to
> ppp.conf and edit ppp.conf to my specs, leaving the original in tack.

That's exactly it.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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