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Date:      Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:00:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
To:        Scott Iseminger <ironmixer@iquest.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP startup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951228105946.9262A-100000@ncc-1701-d>
In-Reply-To: <m0tVM44-000345C@iquest.net>

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On Thu, 28 Dec 1995, Scott Iseminger wrote:

> I'm trying to setup PPP on version 2.0 of FreeBSD but I'm running into
> problems. I've tried the kermit example in the faq/ppp.doc file, for
> establishing the PPP connection, but have come up empty. (I've also tried
> using "chat").
> 
> I keep getting "PPP is not available on this system" after I successfully login
> to the system providing PPP.  
> 
> I know that kermit closes the serial port when it exits, so I have tried
> using "run" and "redirect" with pppd with no success.
> 
> I'm using c-kermit 5A(190).  Any suggestions???

Sounds like you kernel doesn't have PPP support compiled in.  Add the line:

pseudo-device	ppp	1

to your kernel config file and rebuild.

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