Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:52:06 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: set connection to a modem Message-ID: <20121202085206.6c19ae696dc2416817332770@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20121202082857.GB13568@external.screwed.box> References: <CAA_1SgGYhUO3TA8D_=rVLJZBpU4pNri-RPixCnBQ7X1tHeUzkA@mail.gmail.com> <20121128170525.c3fb92e8.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAA_1SgF4kFbcdjqY0zNd%2BoXg_KYp6HYBmAqxUoaXiH=ZkWrHYw@mail.gmail.com> <50B7D85F.5040900@a1poweruser.com> <CAN%2BS=WD9P-3mYOfA5%2B%2BQDtXLccuu3oe-23De-mzqa5EsNqVphQ@mail.gmail.com> <50BA6652.8090005@sdf.org> <CAA_1SgHgyeX-o8UhZc2R9awUC%2BNrOspDirpO54_obO4s=yoX%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <20121202082857.GB13568@external.screwed.box>
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:28:59 +0400 Peter Vereshagin <peter@vereshagin.org> wrote: > Hello. > > 2012/12/02 09:41:12 +0330 s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> => To Chris Petrik : > sm> thanks chris > sm> > sm> ppp is used when you want connect to internet via modem. > > What if your (or someone else's) ISP use dial-back? > > This way ppp(8) can't be used because it's not you want to connect to > internet but internet wants to connect you? > > I believe ppp is an equal peers' peer-to peer (point-to-point) protocol. > > And it can be used for dial-in conections. Of course it can be used for dial in connections, that's what happens at the ISP end of the connection. It can also be used for fixed point to point connections over directly wired connections or leased line modems or using ATM as a carrier. All of this is covered in great detail in section IV of the handbook - 27 Serial Communications and 28 PPP and SLIP. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org>
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