This chapter provides utilities for system interaction with a modem.
The PPP package contains the pppd daemon and the chat program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP.
Download (HTTP): http://ccache.samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-2.4.3.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-2.4.3.tar.gz
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Download size: 672 KB
Estimated disk space required: 6.2 MB
Estimated build time: 0.13 SBU
PPP support must be compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.
Install PPP by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install && make install-etcppp
make install-etcppp: This command puts example configuration files in /etc/ppp.
The PPP daemon requires very little configuration. The main trick is scripting the connection. This can be done either using the chat program which comes with this package or by using WvDial-1.54.0.
Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600