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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!news.ci.com.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!sed.psrw.com!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!not-for-mail From: bugs@ix.netcom.com (Mark Hittinger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NetCruiser SLIP/PPP Connection Date: 18 Feb 1996 10:49:42 -0600 Organization: Netcom Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4g7lb6$hc5@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> References: <4g75at$5f@reader2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Feb 18 10:49:43 AM CST 1996 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #1 jianyu@ix.netcom.com(Jianyu Wang ) writes: >Please give me advice on how to setup a FreeBSD SLIP/PPP connection to >my Netcom NetCruiser account. At home I connect my FreeBSD box into the net using my Netcruiser account. If you look at the netcuiser web site FAQ area for the hints on using trumpet winsock you can sort of derive what you need to do (so its not top secret stuff :-) ) You put a "#" character at the start of your username to indicate that you want a PPP connection via Netcruiser. My options file has: crtscts modem noipdefault passive domain ix.netcom.com defaultroute You chat script would look like this: "" ATDTxxxyyyy ogin: #username word: xyzzy Good luck! Mark Hittinger Netcom/Dallas bugs@freebsd.netcom.com