Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:53:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@legarto.minn.net> To: orazio@pm.eng.it (orazio viele) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, faq@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP connection Message-ID: <199506202053.PAA08866@mpp.com> In-Reply-To: <9506201722.AA00519@pm.eng.it> from "orazio viele" at Jun 20, 95 04:22:53 pm
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> I bought FreeBSD 2.0 CD-Rom from Walnut Creek and I installed on PC 486. It's all OK. > I configured PPP according to description in the file FAQ/PPP.doc. My PC calls a SPARCstation 2 with Solaris 2.4, the login procedure is OK, but pppd prints the following message: > > "Sorry - PPP is not available on this system" > > What is the problem ? You need to configure PPP into your kernel. Take a look at the changes to the PPP faq below. To someone maintaining the FAQs (or anyone with commit privs), I really do think that we should apply this patch to the PPP FAQ. *** tmp/ppp.FAQ Sun Jun 11 15:05:32 1995 --- ppp.FAQ Sun Jun 11 15:24:39 1995 *************** *** 4,10 **** Before you start setting up PPP on your machine make sure that pppd is located in /usr/sbin and directory /etc/ppp ! exists. pppd can work in two modes: --- 4,19 ---- Before you start setting up PPP on your machine make sure that pppd is located in /usr/sbin and directory /etc/ppp ! exists. Also make sure that PPP is configured into your kernel. ! First, run "ifconfig -a" and see if "ppp0" appears in the ! list of devices. If not, add the following line to your ! kernel configuration file and rebuild your kernel: ! ! pseudo-device ppp 1 #Point-to-point protocol ! ! If the "pppd" command prints a message stating that "PPP is not ! available on this system", then you have not properly configured ! PPP into your kernel. pppd can work in two modes: -- Mike Pritchard mpp@legarto.minn.net "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn"
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