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Subject: Re: Kernel PPP or ijPPP
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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Stephane Raimbault wrote:

> What is the difference between the Kernel's PPP and ijppp.  Is their an 
> advantage over one another?

User PPP (iijppp) gives you a nice command line & terminal interface, so
you can tune ppp on the fly and login manually if necessary.  It also
supports automatic dialout and hangup.

Kernel ppp (pppd) is faster and more stable, but runs by scripts and
config files.

Generally, people use iijppp; but once you get a real working config with
iijppp, you have a good start on building the chat scripts to get pppd
working.

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