From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 2 21:56:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA02731 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts14-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.169]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02726 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00454; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:56:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:56:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Richard Levenberg cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial connection with PPP In-Reply-To: <199609021822.LAA00290@ufp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Richard Levenberg wrote: > Fine FreeBSD users, I was wondering if you could help me. I have a > serial cable coming from my upstairs service provider down into my > office. I have just installed FreeBSD 2.1 off the Walnut Creek CD. > The serial cable is connected to my COM2 with a null-modem adapter. You may have better luck using iijppp (aka User Mode PPP, 'ppp') as you can run it as 'ppp -direct' and link right up. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major