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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!novice.uwaterloo.ca!dfevans From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: NIC cards required for PPP? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (system PRIVILEGED account) Message-ID: <DM4J2x.osw@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 01:06:32 GMT References: <4ek5jh$lkf@dgs.dgsys.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: bcr.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2337 comp.os.linux.networking:27907 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:23795 In article <4ek5jh$lkf@dgs.dgsys.com>, Robert Nicholson <steffi@dgs.dgsys.com> wrote: >Can anybody tell me if NEXTSTEP is the only OS around that requies a NIC >card for a painless PPP configuration? > I know several people who are using PPP on NS/Intel with no network card and it works quite well. What exactly do you mean by "painless"? -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual