Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 14:07:13 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: jbh@netpci.com (JBH) Cc: jengland@enetis.net, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Terminal Server Message-ID: <199611222007.OAA11148@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961122155004.16601C-100000@delenn.netpci.com> from "JBH" at Nov 22, 96 03:50:08 pm
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> Get a livingston portmaster :) > > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Justin England wrote: > > > I'll be setting up a FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE machine as a term server and > > haven't found any documentation on what needs to be done. > > > > I have read the manpages on setting up PPP etc, but it was vauge on what > > I need to do in order to have my users login, use PAP, and start the PPP > > sessions with dynamic IP address assigned. > > > > If somebody could point me to some documention that could explain this, > > I'd appreciate it. Get a DOS box. This really isn't all that hard! You need a ppp-aware getty. There are changes committed to -current on 11/13 that add a "pp=" capability to getty that can be used for this purpose, they appear to be derived from the changes I published last summer to 2.1.0R/2.1.5R getty. To do this, you will also need a script called "ppplogin" to properly invoke pppd or iij-ppp, as you wish. You can also use mgetty for this, from what I am told. It ain't rocket science. One of my very first uses for FreeBSD was as a terminal server; it's why I switched from NetBSD. (NetBSD's com driver sucked). That was way back before FreeBSD 1.0R. ... JG
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