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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:05:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        tlopes@omnipoint.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rebuilding kernel for ppp support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112200443.22079n-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <87256585.006FD7EE.00@oti1_notes1.gg.csco.omnipoint.com>

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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 tlopes@omnipoint.com wrote:

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> 
> 
> Tony Lopes
> 01/07/98 01:26 PM
> 
> I inhereted an installation of FreeBSD 2.5.5 on two pc's.  I want to setup
> a PPP connection over a serial connection between them.  When I use pppd
> command, I get a message that ppp support is not built into the kernel.
> so, my question is: how do I go about rebuilding the kernel to include ppp
> support.

Add the line:

pseudo-device	ppp	3

to your kernel config file, config, make, and install.  See the handbook
for full details.

> also what are the steps I need to perform to establish this ppp connection
> between two pc's running FreeBSD over a serial (null modem) connection.

Also in the handbook I think.

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





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