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Article #792Re: PPP Access under Linux
From: James J. Champlin
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:00
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Go here: http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue36/ppp.html Arthur Corliss wrote: > On 24 Jan 98 08:40:30 GMT, Eric Fernance <fernancee@bigpond.com> wrote: > >People, > > > >Any help on this one is appreciated. > > > >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? > > > >Is there a program I can run similiar to the Dial up Networking feature > >included in Windows '95. > > > >Eric Fernance. > >fernancee@bigpond.com > > I'm using slackware, but I don't believe this should make a difference. If > you're using a kernel off of the CD or a boot disk, odds are it doesn't have > a lot of the networking functions built into the kernel. There's really no > way around it, you'll have to compile a new one. Then you get the fun of > setting the scripts up correctly. > > Don't get too worried about this, it'll become old hat eventually, In the > meantime, there's plenty of us to help with specific problems. > > --Arthur Corliss > Corliss Consultancy > Anchorage, Alaska
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