Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 11:11:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Ken Wills <kenwills@yahoo.com> To: become <become@splusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: another ppp question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908281109001.11245-100000@spanky.yaberk.int> In-Reply-To: <37C792AF.C7D59A06@splusnet.com>
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On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, become wrote: > To whom it may concern > I am currently using user ppp and also use the free bsd box (as a > gateway) to connect my 3 other (win98) boxs to the internet > I want to set up kernel ppp and was wondering should i use server ppp or > client ppp > i currently use the syntax (ppp -alias splus) and then dial splus at the > ppp prompt > when i use kernel ppp will i have to run (!bg) background commands? at > the ppp prompt > or will ppp be running in the background and i will be at a regular > prompt? > cause it is a pain in the butt to always type !bg before a command > > Thank you for all you help!! > Matthew > become@splusnet.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Just use your current configuration, with a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ make sure you begin the script like: #!/bin/sh ppp -auto -alias splus make the script executable (chmod +x). The system will execute it everytime it's booted. Ken _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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