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To: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au>
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Subject: Re: PPP on-demand dialing 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:54:31 +1000."
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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:50:18 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I have absolutely no idea :-) I only knew about this from some traffic I
> saw on the list. So I'll forward this to the list.
> 
> > 
> > Andrew wrote:
> > > 
> > > No, have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/~brian
> > > for the ppp sources and binaries to make this work.
> > > 
> > > Andrew Perry
> > > 
> > 
> > Thanks for the response to my question.  I have downloaded both the
> > source and the binaries.  I hate to ask this question but....Now what?
> > 
> > I will do some reading on this but have questions on where to put the
> > files and how to compile them.
> > If you could help I would certainly appreciate it.  Thanks for putting
> > up with a rookie!

If you aren't running 2.2-STABLE, don't install the binary 
distribution.  To install the source distribution, download 
ppp-970824.src.tar.gz and type the following:

  # tar xfz ppp-970824.src.tar.gz
  # cd ppp-970824
  # make
  # make install
  # cp etc_ppp/* /etc/ppp/.

You now have a copy of the ppp binary in /usr/sbin (you've also got 
libalias.so.2.3, pppctl and a pile of man pages).  The last line 
copies the ppp examples into /etc/ppp.

Now read the man page.  There's a bit in there about connecting to 
your ISP.  The "pmdemand" entry in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample should 
suit most peoples basic needs.

> > Matt Bischel
> > > >
> > > > Question;
> > > > Will the intructions in the tutorials section work for FreeBSD version
> > > > 2.1.5?
> > > >
> > > > I need to set up a machine as a gateway to dial an ISP.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > > >
> > > > mattb@minn.net
> > > >
> > 
> 
> Andrew Perry
> 

-- 
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