From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 16:48:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01006 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:21:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06956 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:38:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA22334; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:05:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:05:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: tlopes@omnipoint.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuilding kernel for ppp support In-Reply-To: <87256585.006FD7EE.00@oti1_notes1.gg.csco.omnipoint.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 tlopes@omnipoint.com wrote: > > > > 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