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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie Needs ppp help Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 15:24:06 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <31DC4486.53FE@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4rd1q8$rbl@news-old.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) cyclo201@tiac.net wrote: > > Hello, > > As I stated I am new to Unix and FreeBSD 2.1. I installed it and got > it up and running easily, but I want it to automatically call my ISP > and log on when it starts. How can I do this? Also, I have tried to > run ppp and am having trouble getting it going. any suggestions. > > If you can give me any tips, please send me e-mail. > > Thanks and sorry for bothering the Wizards for such trivial questions. > Are you planning to leave your system online constantly, or do you just want it to dial up when you try to access your ISP? My site is always up (barring line drops and such), so I use pppd. If you want your system to operate only on demand, you should probably use iijppp instead. Either way, read the Handbook sections on PPP and check the sample files in /etc/ppp. You should also try man pppd. There's enough material here to cover most contingencies, I think. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |