Chapter 4. Aims of this Document4.1. Setting up a PPP ClientThis document provides guidance to people who wish to use Linux and PPP to dial into a PPP server and set up an IP connection using PPP. It assumes that PPP has been compiled and installed on your Linux machine (but does briefly cover reconfiguring/recompiling your kernel to include PPP support). Whilst DIP (the standard way of creating a SLIP connection) can be used to set up a PPP connection, DIP scripts are generally quite complex. For this reason, this document does NOT cover using DIP to set up a PPP connection. Instead, this document describes the standard Linux PPP software (chat/pppd). Linux HOWTO full list |
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