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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Avi Goldfinger wrote:

> Does FreeBSD 2.1 have support for PPP Internet connection?

Most certainly.

Two types:

1.  ppp: User Mode PPP, aka iijppp.  Interactive shell with dialer and 
stats.  What I use, very nice package.

2.  pppd:  Kernel mode PPP, requires recompilation of kernel, not really 
recommended IMHO.

See respective man pages for more information, or just ask :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major