Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 19:05:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Peter Childs <pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DOC SUBMIT: PPP Server Setup Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920190127.224I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609200830.SAA09909@al.imforei.apana.org.au>
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Peter Childs wrote: > : I've designed it with Section 10.X or 11.X in mind, it may require > : modification if you have other ideas on where to put it. > > From what i can see of the handbook at the moment we have... > > 12. PPP and SLIP > 12.1. Setting up user PPP > 12.2. Setting up kernel PPP > 12.3. Setting up a SLIP client > 12.4. Setting up a SLIP server > > which seems a little wierd. I checked out the above mentioned document, > and think its great - but user ppp can also be used in a server configuration, > and enables support of pred1 compression, and other neat things... Very true. From what I understand though, iijppp has some bugs (spontaneously closing, not quitting after hangup) that may not be conductive to using it as a server. This is what I understand from -questions, reality may vary :-) > Perhaps we should restructure this section as > > 12. PPP and SLIP > 12.1 Setting up a PPP client > 12.1.1 Using user PPP > ... etc.. > 12.1.2 Using kernel PPP > ... etc.. > > 12.2 Setting up a PPP server > 12.2.1 Using user PPP > ... etc.. > 12.2.2 Using kernel PPP > ... etc.. > > 12.3 Setting up a SLIP client > 12.4 Setting up a SLIP server > > Thoughts? Comments? I'm quite happy to write up the document on using > user PPP as a server if there is a need. That would be great. 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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