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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit and ppp...
Date: 21 Oct 1995 21:59:54 +0100
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Frank Miller <fwmiller@cs.umd.edu> wrote:
>I use kermit to connect to my provider and then switch to kernel ppp,
>i. e. pppd. If I then hang up using kermit, I cannot reconnect. I get
>a modem not available or something from kermit.
ppp(8) ("iijppp") is more appropriate for your task.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)