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PPP Client Howto

Robert Hart, hartr@hedland.edu.au

Version 1.0, 23 March 1996


This document shows how to connect your Linux PC to a PPP server.

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This document will be posted to comp.os.linux.answers on a monthly basis or more frequently as new versions of the document are produced.

1. Introduction

2. IP Numbers

3. Aim of this Document

4. Software versions covered

5. Other Useful/Important Documents

6. Configuring your Kernel

7. Getting the Information you need about the PPP service

8. Logging in without entering a user name/password - PAP and CHAP

9. A note about Serial Ports and speed capabilities

10. Configuring your modem

11. Setting up the PPP options file

12. Setting up your /etc/resolv.conf file

13. Setting up the PPP connection manually

14. Automating your connections - Creating the chat script

15. Creating your ppp-on file

16. Testing your chat script

17. Shutting down the PPP link

18. I Can't get a connection...

19. After the link comes up

20. Shutting down the link

21. Routing issues on a LAN

22. Debugging

23. Common Problems once the link is working

24. Using Internet services with Dynamic IP numbers


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