🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: alt.linux
Article #792

Re: PPP Access under Linux

#792
From: James J. Champlin
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:00
33 lines
2098 bytes
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
Technical Details
Message-ID: <34CD3B0B.11894522@SPAMalltel.net>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <01bd287e$328f89e0$LocalHost@snoopy> <slrn6ckii2.6h.corliss@odin.org>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: fc951,80fd9ce5224d9f74
X-Google-Attributes: gidfc951,public
X-Google-Thread: 100c5f,80fd9ce5224d9f74
X-Google-Attributes: gid100c5f,public
X-Google-Thread: f4bda,80fd9ce5224d9f74
X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public
X-Google-Thread: 102983,80fd9ce5224d9f74
X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public
From: "James J. Champlin" <cham2NO@SPAMalltel.net>
Subject: Re: PPP Access under Linux
Date: 1998/01/27
Message-ID: <34CD3B0B.11894522@SPAMalltel.net>
X-Deja-AN: 319538058
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References: <01bd287e$328f89e0$LocalHost@snoopy> <slrn6ckii2.6h.corliss@odin.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: cham2@alltel.net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Organization: NO SPAM WHATSOEVER!
Newsgroups: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,bigpond.userforum,comp.os.linux.x