Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:28:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: -=WireHead=- <timothy.butkiewicz@wmich.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ifconfig cuaa3 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960211222652.215H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960209184218.677734145A-100000@wmich.edu>
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On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, -=WireHead=- wrote: > I have a modem on com 3 > I want to configure it as a network device. How do i do that > i tried ifconfig_cuaa2 "inet ......... " > but to know avail > i get an errot that says no such device. > but *I* know that it is there! But that is *not* the way to use a modem as a network device. :) You need to use a dialer program such as ppp which handles the modem to network conversion. > [5m[1m > --Is It Live .. or Is It Mimecon-- > [0m Please don't use ANSI sequences in mail...not all terminals react to those very nicely. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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