Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 17:36:29 +0100 (MEZ) From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: "John M. Purser" <jpurser@wilcofarmers.com> Cc: "Newbies (E-mail)" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Confusion and Progress Message-ID: <Marcel-1.42-0328163629-b49Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: <01BD5A12.DC3C6A60.jpurser@wilcofarmers.com>
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On Sat 28 Mar, John M. Purser wrote: > Okay folks, > > Apparently there's something else that doesn't work the way I expect about > FreeBSD. I'm not particularly complaining, just trying to feel my way around > here. Hands up all who read the charter before signing ? ;-) > I have managed to make a PPP connection to my ISP. I can't do anything with > it but I connected. What ? If your PPP connection works, you can do everything (ftp/www/mail/news). Can you ping (eg) the www-server of your ISP ? ping name.of.the.www-server.of.your.isp.com.or.whatever Ctrl C to stop cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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