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Subject: Re: PPP link with Null Modem 
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> Hi, 
> I would like to set up a PPP link between 2 computers using a null modem
> cable.  When I tried the command "pppd /dev/cuaa1 9600 passive" or "pppd
> passive", it gave me an error message saying that /etc/ppp/options not
> found.  What should I include in the options file (and other files?) in
> order to make the link works?

If you wanna try ppp rather than pppd, there's an example in 
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample of how to do this.  If you can't find it, 
get the latest version from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian.

> Thanks for your help.

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....