Subject: Re: Dial in
To: Eric Damien Berna <eric@thiel.com>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/05/1997 15:36:08
You need to run the pppd daemon - check out the man page.

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Eric Damien Berna wrote:

> My goal is:
> 
> 	Setup a Mac IIcx running NetBSD as a mini ISP?
> 
> Some details:
> 
> 	I have a Mac IIcx that is currently running NetBSD 1.2. It is
> 	connected to my office Ethernet. That network has a full time
> 	connection to the Internet. I have plenty of IP addresses. I
> 	have a USR Courier V.Everything modem and a dedicated phone
> 	line.
> 
> 	My goal is to get this hardware setup so that I can dial in
> 	with my Newton MessagePad. I can get the MessagePad to work
> 	fine dialing in to another ISP so that computer is known to
> 	work.
> 
> 	What I don't know how to do is get the Mac IIcx to answer the
> 	phone under NetBSD. I've looked at mgetty, but the standard
> 	ditribution mentions a seporate BSD port. All I can find on
> 	that is a FreeBSD port. (By the way, is there any support for
> 	the FreeBSD port system in NetBSD?)
> 
> 	So what can I use for dial up support?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Eric Damien Berna
> eric@thiel.com
> 
> 
> 
> 

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