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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!newspump.sol.net!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!speedy.grolier.fr!news-lond.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: AT&T Worldnet with ijppp Date: 22 Aug 1996 15:03:06 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4vhpaq$bu@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4v24i9$1vh@atlantis.utmb.edu> <4v79j6$75t@wa4phy.async.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] S.W. Drinkard (sam@wa4phy.async.com) wrote: : I don't know about you Bud, but when ATT first announced the worldnet : program, I called their tech support to ask if other software ie., FBSD, or : other means of handling a PPP connection would be supported. At that time, : they told me no, however if they see a demand, it might be supported in : the future. If you can do a ppp connection to these people, FreeBSD can do it. You just have to do it on your own. Demon (my ISP in the UK) don't support FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD or Linux - so what ? I'm not using the OS to connect, just a program (running on top of the OS), and they support PPP ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....