Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 21:16:33 -0500 From: Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: "dial-up networking" Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970222211633.00685770@rma.edu>
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To all:
I've been trying to configure user ppp following the steps in the html
handbook that I downloaded with 2.1.7. (also consulting man pages). No luck
so far.
What I would like to do for starters is use the Netscape Communicator 4.02b
package to surf, read news, and check e-mail--more advanced stuff like
setting up a server later. I've got Xwindows and Communicator running,
more or less--just an error message when I try to set the news host server
("news.rma.edu") in Communicator. What is the best way to establish a
connection with my ISP? Do I, for instance, get user ppp running on an
xterm and simply start up or switch to the browser? I don't see a ppp
xwindow package or port (something akin to MS Windows Dial-up Networking).
Is there such a thing? Or, barring a GUI fix, a better command-line
program? Not to sound ungrateful, but the documentation for user ppp
confuses me.
Michael Alwan
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