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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:11:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Andrew Perry <andrew@shoal.net.au>
Cc:        questions freebsd <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: a few questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970114110956.3918C-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <32DAF836.3B03@shoal.net.au>

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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Andrew Perry wrote:

> i've managed to get iijppp  (user ppp) working after a fashion, however 
> if for any reason the line drops out and i dial again, i get a 
> connection ok, ppp changes to PPP, but i get an error 
> SIOCAIFADDR: file exists, and i can't ping or telnet from another 
> session. Any clues?

Don't ifconfig tun0 in sysconfig.  ppp will do it for you.

> also what web browsers do people use from XFree86? i've installed mosaic 
> but would like netscape, however i'm having a few problems. i downloaded 
> the port, did make GOLD=yes and it downloaded for ages and then said 
> invalid checksum and wouldn't actually install it. is there a better way 
> of getting netscape (ie: is there a package anywhere i can grab?)

Netscape. Just download the i386-unknown-bsd directly from them, and
extract in /usr/X11R6/bin.  It comes prebuilt.  This is the standard
version, I can't say for gold. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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