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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:05:46 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        "Young" <young@richardson.apana.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where to get assistance ??
Message-ID:  <19990825121020.GXQA3442178.mta1-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <00c601beeea1$486868a0$857e03cb@jdy>

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On 25 Aug 99, at 12:26, Young wrote:

> I can dial up manually, using "ppp", "term", ATDT<phone_number>, but can't
> understand how to even begin preparing a chat script, so any sort of
> automatic dialling is out of the question for the immediate future.

There is a sample script at http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/ppp.htm 
and links to the various ppp resources.

> I have a local hosts file setup on the gateway box, and can successfully
> ping other boxes on the LAN by either name or IP address.

This is a very good start.

> Another area of concern is the ppp.conf file ...... I'm 99% confused about
> most of it .... reading the PPP MAN only makes me more confused every time
> I read it. If anyone has a dialup internet account and the type of login
> that prompts for login & password, I'd really appreciate a copy of their
> ppp.conf file as it might be a lot more help than the documentation has
> been.

Join the club <grin>.  I don't use dial up, but see the above URL.

Also, http://www.freebsdzine.org
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