Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:29:19 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970411092704.10264b-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970410153051.11771N-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Vincent Poy wrote: > One of my friends is thinking about starting a FreeBSD based ISP > with pops in several different locations. What would be needed besides > modems and the FreeBSD machine to provide slip/ppp services in addition to > shell access? I noticed that Whole Earth Network (http://www.wenet.net) > seems to be using BSDI machines since when you call, it will just show the > standard unix login prompt and you had to add -ppp to do ppp. Is FreeBSD > capable of acting as a terminal server? Thanks for any advice anyone > could offer. Certainly can. Callers can either use a getty login or PPP PAP - getty detects PPP calls and starts pppd. See ftp.hilink.com.au:/pub/FreeBSD/ts-kit215.tgz Danny
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