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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.webspan.net!usenet From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: bsd, ppp, chat, a lamers question Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 19:02:42 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 14 Message-ID: <32531EC2.63DECDAD@FreeBSD.org> References: <32513dd2.15256087@news.hol.gr> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) To: Sergios <sergios@beryl.kapatel.gr> CC: sergios@prometheus.hol.gr Sergios wrote: > but a lamers question ;: I see that bsd uses the ppp script and chat > to connect the tun0 device to an isp. I have been very comfortable > with linux : I could dial with minicom, quit-but-no-hangup and run a Well, you don't actually have to have a script if your login sequence is particularly complex. Just use ppp's `term' command to log in through all those BBS screens and start ppp, at which point ppp will notice that you've got ppp on the other end and drop you automatically out of terminal mode. You can then switch to a different tty and use the net. When you're ready to drop your connection, go back to your ppp window and do so. - Jordan Hubbard President, FreeBSD Project