Date: Thu, 27 Jul 95 16:57:04 CDT From: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) To: FreeBSD-Questions@freefall.cdrom.com, chuckr@Glue.umd.edu Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <9507272157.AA11650@merak.med.ge.com>
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> From> > I'm going to set up PPP for the first time. I haven't paid a great deal > of attention to all the discussion of PPP, but I think there was > something about user-mode PPP versus kernel mode? It's not mentioned at > all on the ppp.FAQ. Question is, do I need to compile a kernel with the > pseudo-device ppp ? > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0R) and n3lxx > (301) 220-2114 | (FreeBSD 2.0.5-snap) and am I happy! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > For user mode, no. The tun0 device is used. If you will be using kernel mode (pppd) then you will need the pseudo-device. User mode is very good. I suggest you try it first. I've played with it in interactive mode with a fair degree of luck. I still need to study of the automatic modes work. Derek Laufenberg laufen@sol.med.ge.com
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