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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:56:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Marcus Tse <marcustse@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: connect to internet server
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117235515.10886C-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117113752.10644F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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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
> 
> 




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