Inet access via serial interface

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Thu Feb 28 14:32:27 UTC 2008


> FreeBSD is permanently connected to Internet (ethernet link to adsl modem).
> To serial port I have connected one radiomodem and few miles away second radiomodem is connected to windows box.
> This windows box should have access to Internet.
>
> I successfully installed 6.3release and I have Inet access on this box.
> What next? Create bridge? ppp -direct? some specialized port/package?

ppp -direct, on windoze side it's not that simple.
in windoze you can connect through serial port with dialing, but you can 
not without dialing.

feel the power of windoze ;)


emulate modem and connecting with chatscript ;) or ask microsoft how to 
make windows do LESS that it can.


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