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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!nntp.interaccess.com!interaccess.com!robt From: robt@interaccess.com (Robert Owen Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: leave me the "tip" Date: 6 Sep 1994 19:29:59 GMT Organization: InterAccess, Chicagoland's Full Service Internet Provider Lines: 22 Message-ID: <34ifvn$am3@nntp.interaccess.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: home.interaccess.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] apologies for the corny subject line... late night... i am having some challenge in making the tip/com port stuff work properly. i am able to dial into my FreeBSD box, but i am unable to dial out. i have worked through the FAQ for tip/cu, but to no avail. there seems to be some discrepency between the FAQ and the most recent release of FreeBSD (i have 1.1.5, i believe). specifically, the com port issue: should i be utilizing "/dev/com?" or some other device for dial-out? i obviously need to access my modem directly, as well. hints and suggestions will be heartily appreciated! regards, --robert -- o Robert Owen Thomas -- Cymru Consulting o o Unix Admin, Networking, Security, Internet, RDBMS, App Development o o e-mail: robt@cymru.com or info@cymru.com o o vox: 708.686.3600 fax: 708.686.3600 (it works, trust me) o o "When I die, I want to go sleeping like my grandfather... o o Not screaming like the passengers in his car!" o