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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ptd.net!news From: NickHead <nickf@ptd.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help with dial_out Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:08:13 -0400 Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <31BF5BED.167EB0E7@ptd.net> References: <4plauk$8ct@larry.rice.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs4-2.pot.ptd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) To: John Paul Campbell <jpc> John Paul Campbell wrote: > > Can anyone help me with setting up the right configs to be able to dial out? > > I eventually want to call a dial-up network and set up a slip or PPP > connection. > > I've edited my /etc/remote file, but when I try tip <system> I get a message > about not being able to synchronize with hayes modem or something. > > Please mail if you can help. > > Thanks, > > Hopefully a future FreeBSD user, John. Have you tried using PPP? As root type ppp....then help once it starts..it is extremely easy to use... Nick