From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 11 22:32:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA00679 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:32:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA00577 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:31:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00297; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:28:31 -0800 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:28:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: -=WireHead=- cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ifconfig cuaa3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, -=WireHead=- wrote: > I have a modem on com 3 > I want to configure it as a network device. How do i do that > i tried ifconfig_cuaa2 "inet ......... " > but to know avail > i get an errot that says no such device. > but *I* know that it is there! But that is *not* the way to use a modem as a network device. :) You need to use a dialer program such as ppp which handles the modem to network conversion. > [5m[1m > --Is It Live .. or Is It Mimecon-- > [0m Please don't use ANSI sequences in mail...not all terminals react to those very nicely. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major