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From: bluesky1@swbell.net
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: PPP Woes
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 01:59:55 GMT
Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services
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I get connected (even though I don't think I am setup exactly right)
and it disconnects after about 10 seconds? What up with that. Could
someone send me a copy of their ppp files that they use for dialing up
and getting an IP from the provider, so I can clean mine up? Please?
Thanks.

If you send files, can you send them in some sort of Dos format? i.e.
cant get to the net in BSD