From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 23:58:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA01388 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:58:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn@andrsn.Stanford.EDU [36.33.0.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA01383 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:58:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA11076; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:56:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:56:54 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Doug White cc: Marcus Tse , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connect to internet server In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Marcus Tse wrote: > > > i recently bought the freebsd, i know that the "dip" function can > > connect to the slip server, but the problem is that i got the "dip" > > directory on the "usr/..", but i have no "dip" function aviliable for > > use also i can't see any description on the manapage. > > could u told me how to reinstall this function, because i try alot of > > time to get into the "/stand/sysinstall" to reinstall the "gdip" > > option . > > FreeBSD doesn't ship with `dip'. You might be thinking of `tip'. There's a port called dip in /usr/ports/net. It's a program for establishing a slip connection. I used it once; it's not very difficult to set up. Annelise > > > also is it any way i can make a "ppp" dial up to make connection to > > other server. > > Sure, run ppp then type `term' to drop into terminal mode. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >