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Started by Ignatios Souvatzis
Tue, 14 Dec 1993 14:02
comp.protocols.ppp part5 of 8 of frequently wanted information
Author: Ignatios Souvatzis
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 14:02
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 14:02
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5. FREE PPP SOFTWARE PACKAGES
Free PPP FOR SunOS 4.1.x
Free PPP for BSD
Free PPP for SVR4
Free PPP for MSDOS
Free PPP for AmigaOS
Free PPP for NeXT
Free PPP for Macintosh
Free PPP for Ultrix
5.1 free PPP FOR SunOS 4.1.x
5.1.1A PPP-1.3FIXED
Author Brad Parker and contributors
FTP archives
dcssoft.anu.edu.au:/pub/paulus/ppp-1.3.tar.Z
Comments
...actually one of the authors of ppp-1.2 (brad@fcr.com)
incorporated changes to ppp-1.2 and released it as ppp-1.3,
then both I and Paul Mackerras (cs.anu.edu.au) found two bugs
in the ppp-1.3 release, and so now there is ppp-1.3.fixed!!!
cam@claircom.com (Cameron Elliott)
There is a certain Amiga owner, whose name I won't tell you yet,
who has promised me to send me a review of ppp-1.3 on
netbsd-0.something on Amiga 3000. i.s.
Features server,client, vj header compression,
5.1.2 DP-2.3
Authors Kirk Smith , peter.galvaby@micromuse.ac.uk
and others
Features demand-dial, filtering, header compression,
server and client, scripting;
SunOS loadable modules partially supported
Comment basically dp-2.2-beta with typos corrected and
non-sun4c kernel
architecture supported (tested on sun4c, sun4m and
sun3
machines, but has problems on sun3x
architectures). It has a
configuration file, which tells where the other
configuration
files are. Loadable modules work as long as you
don't unload
them. Finally survives even talk(1) without
crashing the
machine. If you see older versions, especially
dp-2.0.tar.Z, toss them immediately!
Plans Solaris 2.1 (sunos 5.1) is supported in the
dp-3.0 version.
Mailing-list dp-list@phoenix.acn.purdue.edu
Mailing list maintainer
ks@phoenix.acn.purdue.edu
FTP archive
ftp@phoenix.acn.purdue.edu:pub/
5.1.3 PERKINS/CLEMENTS/FOX/CHRISTY PPP FOR SUNOS
Last version patch level 6 of 1991-10-04
Anonymous FTP [not cited to protect the innocent]
Comment should be considered out of date. You need at
least a special patch to fix
most of a memory leak, and might have other
problems. Successor
packages are dp-2.3/3.0 and
ppp-1.2.
5.2 free PPP for BSD:
5.2.1 PPP-1.2
see above.
5.3 free PPP for SVR4
5.3.1 ...FOR GENERIC SVR4
[det@hawkmoon.mn.org (Derek Terveer) was] "... contacted by the author
of the PPP for SVR4 package that I was distributing from my
mailserver@hawkmoon.mn.org and asked to stop. This package was an early
beta version that wasn't intended for general consumption. ..."
5.3.2 ...SUNOS 5.X/SOLARIS 2.X
dp-3.0 and up dp-3.0 has been out for quite a while. It works with
Solaris 2.1 (for anyone foolish enough to still be running it), 2.2 and
2.3.
"...It is much more stable and better behaved than the Solaris 2.3 ppp
from Sun...." (Larry Williamson <larry@mitra.com>)
5.4 Free PPP for MSDOS
5.4.1 WG7J NOS (JNOS) PPP ADDITIONS:
Johan Reinalda (WG7J) did a lot of additions/improvements to the KA9Q
for MSDOS. One of them seems to be that PPP is working, finally. Get
version 1.08 and up.
Authors Phil Karn (KA9Q), Johan Reinalda (WG7J), with
additions from lots of others. PPP code written by
Katie Stevens of UC Davis, based on the original
implementation by Drew Perkins of CMU. Updated by
Bill Simpson and Glenn McGregor of the University
of Michigan.
Features server, client, scripting, redial,
Public FTP sites:
wg7j.ece.orst.edu:/public/108/
ucsd.edu:hamradio/packet/tcpip/wg7j/
idefix.cs.uni-bonn.de:/pub/pppnos.exe [Executable]
Comment There is a entry in the configuration recipes
section.
5.4.2 PPP PACKET DRIVER INTERFACE
Ftp archive merit.edu:pub/ppp/ncsappp.zip
Comment "I have also been able to use the NCSA telnet
packet driver,
however, I could not use ftp with that, so I
gave it up some months
ago."
kim@MorningStar.Com (Kim Toms)
I had no problems with it. For a solution to an
interoperability
problem, see above.
i.s.
Very incomplete features
client only
5.5 Free PPP for AmigaOS
5.5.1 AMIGANOS (KA9Q NOS PORT TO AMIGA)
Mailing-list-maintainer
amiga-slip-request@ccs.carelton.ca
FAQ posting comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, every 21 days
Author JOHN_H@fs2.mcc.ac.uk (John Heaton)
Public ftp archive ftp.demon.co.uk: /pub/amiga/setup/setupv4.lha
419364 bytes (Setup for newcomers;
Note that this contains some information which is
quite
specific for the demon.co.uk site only)
/pub/amiga/anos/anos29k.lha 196742 bytes (if you
already have an
earlier version of setup and just need AmigaNOS
2.9k. Also on
wuarchive.wus
tl.edu:/mirrors3/ka9q/amiga/anos29k.lha
Help File
wuarchive.wustl.edu:/sys
tems/amiga/incoming/text/AmigaNOS-help-V2.lha or
ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/amiga/setup/AmigaNOS-help-V
2.lha
Comments AmigaNOS2.9k.lha contains PPP as well as SLIP.
Seems to be a
rfc1171 like implementation, enhanced with a
few rfc1331/2
features (like most other implementations I
know of)
5.5.2 PPP.DEVICE FOR SANA2 COMPATIBLE NETWORK PACKAGES
(AS225, AMITCP, ENVOY)
There is no such beast. Yes, I'm sure. Should I ever hear, read or see
such a thing, I'll insert pointers to it immediately into this document.
5.6 Free PPP for NeXT
Public ftp archive merit.edu:pub/ppp/next-ppp0.2.tar.Z
Author miron@cs.sfu.ca (Miron S. Cuperman)
Comment The author claimed: I heard that it doesn't work
with 3.0.
I haven't looked at it myself.
It's just a straight port of ppp-1.1. It works
with NeXTStep
2.1. It is based on the BSD part of ppp-1.1,
but with header
compression integrated. I'm not
currently supporting (or even using) it.
But dstrout@sun.REST.TASC.COM (Dave Strout via
MacPPP and Eudora) claims that:
"I have gotten the next-ppp0.2 to work just
fine under NeXTStep 3.0. I have only tried
MacPPP running against it, but telnet,
eudora, and GopherApp all work fine.
FTP does not work at 2400bps, but does at 9600.
dave."
5.7 free PPP for Macintosh
-MacPPP 1.1 from Merit Network, Inc.
author ljb@merit.edu (Larry Blunk)
Public ftp archive
merit.edu:pub/ppp/macppp...
Status macppp1.1.3.hqx
seems to be the newest binary release. There are
also sources.
From the 'Installing
MacPPP' document:
"...MacPPP 1.1 is a Line Access Protocol (LAP
mdev) driver for MacTCP.
This version does not support AppleTalk over PPP.
MacPPP requires MacTCP 1.1 or higher, Macintosh
System 6.0.5
or higher, and a Hayes-compatible modem for
dial-in
connections. You can also use MacPPP over
hardwired asynchrounous
connections, ..."
Comment There's an entry in
the configuration section above and a nice
postscript installation
document at the ftp site. There is also a
text document.
5.8 free PPP for Ultrix
-ppp-1.2a1
author
sundstrom@stkhlm.enet.dec.com (Per Sundstrom) and
robert@robur.slu.se (Robert Olsson)
Public ftp archive
ftp.sunet.se, dir /pub/network/ppp, file
ppp-=1.2a1.tar.Z
Self-description "Since no one else is doing it... Here is
straight a port of
ppp-1.2 to ultrix. No warranties.
The boxes we used were Personal Decstation 20 and
DS 3100
with Ultrix 4.3.
ppp is tested with Cisco Cs-500 and macppp1.1.3
Follow installation instructions in ultrix
directory."
Status ... The installation procedure to ppp-1.2a was
incorrect. A patch to pseudo_data.c was forgotten
resulting in that pppattach() was not called at
system boot. There is a updated version in
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/network/ppp/ppp-1.2a1 with a
updated INST.NOTES and pseudo_data.c.diff.
robert@pinus.slu.se (Robert Olsson)
in the newsgroup.
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Ignatios Souvatzis
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Solaris 2.1: it's slow, needs 200M of disk space and comes without C compiler,
which makes it remarkably close to MS-Windows. oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu
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