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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!insync!uuneo.neosoft.com!conrads From: conrads@dolphin.neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: question about ppp.. Date: 8 Jul 1996 17:50:46 GMT Organization: What? Me, organize? Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4rrhpm$8n5@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <31E1217B.3489@gol.com> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.130 In article <31E1217B.3489@gol.com>, I-Lin Wang <ilin@gol.com> wrote: >Hi, >I have tried to use ppp on FreeBSD for a long time. Finally, I read a >post in the newsgroup who wrote down his scripts for /etc/ppp/ppp.conf , >/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup and /etc/resolv.conf. Somehow, it works, at least it >seems that I can dial OK and login OK. However, , I don't know what to >do next so that I can open xwindow, or do something else. > >I mean, I "ppp" first, and then, the prompt changed to be "PPP on >ilin>"(I define my machine has the name ilin), then,I "dial host", and >few seconds alter, it said "login OK!". So, it seems work, right? but >then, under that prompt, what should I do next?? I have tried "help", b >ut I still can't do anything like "telnet"... I even can't see my home >directory in my ISP(at least, it seems that I am not in my home >directory.) Could anyone tell me what I should do next? Thanks. Once you're logged in and PPP is established, switch to another virtual terminal (Alt-Fn), leaving the PPP program running. [ posted and mailed ] -- Conrad Sabatier -- http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads