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From: Richard Levenberg <richardl@enterprise.ufp.com>
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
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	from Doug White on Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:56:35 -0700 (PDT))
Subject: Re: Serial connection with PPP
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according to the man page for ppp it says direct uses stdin and stdout.  I have
no idea how to go about getting a serial interface up and running with
stdin and stdout so if you have any suggestions i would be very appreciative
to hear them.  I read more than one message in the archives that seemed
to indicate using ppp was a bad idea for a permanent connection and that
pppd would be much more stable.

richardl