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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:20:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Myche'jae-Bel" <mikeb@gl.umbc.edu>
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Subject: Re: Question about pppd version
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Myche'jae-Bel wrote:

> 
> I bought "The Complete FreeBSD" with FreeBSD 2.2.6 on it, and installed
> it.  The installation process was fairly quick and painless, and Greg's
> book is rather informative.
> 
> Unfortunately, when setting up kernel PPP, I found some sort of version
> incompatibility between the installed pppd and the one documented in the
> book.
> 
> I would have asked the editor/publisher to track this down as errata,
> except that I really want the latest and greatest pppd, so I figured you'd
> know that and they wouldn't.
> 
> My pppd doesn't understand 'deflate' 'demand' and 'idle'.  Is there a way
> for me to get the correct pppd that does?  What's the simplest approach?

What does your options file look like?  You aren't confusing ppp with
pppd, are you?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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