Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 13:10:45 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: sarrazip@CS.McGill.CA (Pierre Sarrazin) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppd on FreeBSD 2.0 Message-ID: <199507312010.NAA04917@everest> In-Reply-To: <199507311909.PAA23065@maggie.cs.mcgill.ca> from "Pierre Sarrazin" at Jul 31, 95 03:09:53 pm
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> I tried running pppd on my FreeBSD 2.0 system (under root). It always > says "Sorry - PPP is not available on this system". I don't understand > why the executable pppd is there if PPP isn't available... I thought > FreeBSD 2.0 was "PPP-ready". Where am I going wrong? 2.0 ships without ppp supported compiled into the kernel for various reasons. What you'll need to do the following: * Install the kernel sources, if you haven't already. * cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf * cp GENERIC MYKERNEL * vi MYKERNEL * Uncomment the line that reads 'pseudo-device ppp 1'. Configure for the number of ppp devices you require. * config MYKERNEL * cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL * make depend * make * make install * shutdown -r now > Also, in some PPP FAQ, it says to put one's "domain name" somewhere in > a file called "/etc/ppp/options". What if I don't have a domain name? > All my PPP server (at the University) says is my IP address (in > numerical form). Can I just omit the "domain" line in > /etc/ppp/options? AFAIK, the 'domain' keyword in /etc/ppp/options is only used if you're using CHAP or PAP authentication. > Last question: recently, all the 386bsd newsgroups were deemed obsolete > by the News server I use at the U. Where should I look for newsgroups > about FreeBSD? comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce and comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Your best resource is probably the mailing lists and WWW site (http://www.freebsd.org/), however.
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