Freesco install

[Tim Schmidt]

I think FreeSCO is set to automatically dial-in (upon request of info it 
doesn't have locally (DNS, web pages, FTP, etc)).  Try ping'ing something 
like www.microsoft.com from the command prompt.  I think you can enter 
anything you want for the router inet that you want (some of the networking 
specialists may clarify the use of this setting for someone's home router? 
-- dynamic IP, no domain name).  If all else fails, search the FreeSCO 
forums, they're pretty active and informative...   you can always post the 
question if you don't find it too...

--Tim


>From: jtuma@ia4u.net
>To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
>Subject: Freesco install
>Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 21:03:26 -0500
>
>Gentlemen,
>
>     Thank you very much for helping me with my internet router project.
>Freesco appears to be exactly what I was looking for, so I have installed
>it on an old HP Vectra machine - P150, 32meg ram and an old Conner 127 meg
>HD. Also put in a 3Com 3C595TX nic and, for test purposes, a USR 33.6
>Sportster internal modem - I have a 56K Zoom external coming from Ebay.  I
>disabled both serial ports in the bios (didn't remember which com port the
>modem was set for - since found out it was the standard com1 and irq4.
>I'm booting from a Freesco floppy until I get it working - will then copy
>to and run from the HD.
>
>     My problem is Freesco boots, but doesn't seem to dial or access the
>modem.  It seemed to setup the modem ok during the setup process and goes
>through the boot process without any error messages (at least as far as I
>can tell).  I then get to a router inet prompt, but don't know what (if
>anything) I should enter.  The modem never dials (I entered the phone
>number ,etc. ok).  I don't think it's a hardware problem, as I booted my
>main machine (with a modem I know works) with the Freesco floppy and got
>the same results.  Any and all help is appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>
>Jim Tuma
>
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