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From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Well, Answers I dont have, Static I do have??? Please Help?
Date: 26 Sep 1995 15:59:07 GMT
Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations
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Message-ID: <44980b$i90@helena.MT.net>
References: <448ood$36f@comet2.magicnet.net>
Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com>
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In article <448ood$36f@comet2.magicnet.net>,
David Hartley <hartley@magicnet.net> wrote:

First of all, let me point out something.  See there over by your left
pinky is a key called 'Enter' or 'Return'.  Generally speaking it's a
good thing to use even when you haven't reached the end of a sentence,
since it makes it easier on us folks who want to 'quote' your what you
said for context.  :)

[ PC stuff deleted as I have no idea nor inclination on that configuration ]

>What I have not figured out is how to make sliplogins work without
>error and drop-outs.

Assuming you have the connection running at least some of the time, the
drop-outs are not caused by FreeBSD but by hardware.  Either your modem
or the phone line is bad which causes drop-outs.

> It simply does not work like the examples. I must
> be missing something important here since after checking the "netstat -i
> " I show that the SLIP system is disabled by default and dont know where
> to turn it on.

What do you mean 'disabled by default'?  'netstat -i' doesn't show
anything if something is 'disabled', it only shows if the kernel is
configured with a particular network device and the parameters of that
device.

> Also, I have read that FreeBSD only supports 2-Slip connections.

Where did you read that?  If it was in the FreeBSD documentation
(doubtful) it is in error.  If not, where?

> I dont have the money to buy a portmaster or special equipment at this
> point and just need some simple help figuring out why I am limited to
> terminal sessions, Or is this what I really want and only need?

I'm not sure what you want/need.  That's up to you.  However, FreeBSD
supports PPP/SLIP connections directly, though not quite as nice as a
Portmaster.  If it were me and I was doing a commercial ISP I'd go
with the terminal server.

>I was told be one person ( a large NET ) that that's all they used were
>Terminal sessions, But I have not figured that one out since when I try
>to use the standard Trumpet Winsock scripts The unix box shows a failure
>and hangs the line until I drop carrier.

Does the same Windows box connect fine to other unix boxes?

After all this has been said and done, my inclination is to wonder if
you've read the FreeBSD documentation provided with the release.  Most
of the questions above are answered in the handbook, and some of the
mis-information you have implies you aren't reading the FreeBSD docs.



Nate
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