From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 21 12:59:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06868 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:59:05 -0700 (PDT) (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 TAA06728 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 19:58:37 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA04320; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:58:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:58:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Support Desk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freeBSD, PPP & Windows95 In-Reply-To: <353D1B7C.3509@internetuniverse.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Support Desk wrote: > We are using freeBSD 2.2.5 and wish to setup the machine to operate as a > ppp server, we would like to dial in and use tools such as FrontPage > (already installed and working) on the machine, we would be dialing in > using a machine running Windows95 (using dialup-networking). We believe > that setting up the freeBSD box as a ppp server would make this work. > > The modem is now configured and operational, it answers and prompts for > a login, you can also log into the machine without a problem. > > What steps are needed to create a ppp server, the documentation is very > hazy at best. Are we going about this in the correct way? Is this how it > is done? The easiest way is to add the pp capability to your gettytab profile and have it run pppd. Check the handbook and the mail archives for details. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message