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From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@legarto.minn.net>
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Subject: Re: PPP connection
To: orazio@pm.eng.it (orazio viele)
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:53:44 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: questions@freebsd.org, faq@freebsd.org
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"