Configuring the Dial-up Internet Connection
After you have all the required information, you are ready to configure the connection. Your Internet connection will use a method called the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). This is the most common protocol of communication in use today that allows Internet format traffic to be passed over a dial-up phone line.
Setting Up the DNS Servers
The first thing to do is tell FreeBSD what the addresses of your ISP's DNS servers are. This is configured in the file /etc/resolv.conf. Here is an example of what it looks like:
domain myisp.com nameserver 111.111.11.1 nameserver 222.222.22.2
Note that you will need to be logged in as root to edit this file.
The first line contains the domain name of your ISP. For ...
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