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From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com>
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Subject: Re: PPP Server?
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> >You can create a /etc/ppp/options.ttyXX file for every tty you have PPP 
> >connections coming in from and set a different address for each tty.
> 
> So something like /etc/ppp/options.ttyc0 below?
> crtscts                         # Hardware flow control
> netmask 255.255.255.0           # netmask ( not required )
> 206.24.68.15:206.24.68.100      # ip's of local and remote hosts
> domain ppp.multibyte.com        # my domain
> passive                         # wait for LCP
> modem                           # modem line
> 
> Would this assign (.100) to the port ttyc0?  On the domain part the host
> name should be ppp?  If so, do I need to create canical name of ppp in the DNS?

Yes. What I do is I have a all of the options in /etc/ppp/options and 
only put the local:remote IP addresses in the options.ttyXX file.

> Do I also create /etc/ppp/pppserv.ttyc0, /etc/ppp/pppservdown.ttyc0,
> /etc/ppp/kermit.ans.ttyc0, and /etc/ppp/kermit.noans.ttyc0 scripts as shown
> in doc? One for each ttyc?  Or just one file each and specify all the ttycX
> and pppX in each file?

I have no idea what those files are for. I've never needed them.

Take a look at http://www.ssimicro.com/~jeremyc/ppp.html. I found it very 
useful when setting up.


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