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In article <01bd287e$328f89e0$LocalHost@snoopy>,
	"Eric Fernance" <fernancee@bigpond.com> writes:
> I have recently been trying to install PPP support under Red Hat Linux ver.
> 4.2. Unfortunately being a newbie I am not too keen on getting in an
> recompiling the kernel. Does anyone know of any way to install support for
> PPP without having to do this?

PPP should already be in the default kernel that installed (2.0.30).
Try typing 'pppd' in an xterm, or at a shell prompt in a VT and if
you get a stream of binary characters: you're away!

> 
> Is there a program I can run similiar to the Dial up Networking feature
> included in Windows '95.

Yep: X-ISP, really good X-based GUI dialer. Easy to set up and use. There's
also EZppp, which is similar, but I'd go with XISP as it supports CHAP and PAP
authenticating protocols.

Good luck:
Sion

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