From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 13 09:21:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA24254 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:21:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwbone.bsi.com.br ([200.250.250.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA24245 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:21:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwbtr01.bsi.com.br (cwbtr01.bsi.com.br [200.250.250.18]) by cwbone.bsi.com.br (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA16855; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 14:20:20 GMT Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 14:20:27 +0000 () From: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi To: Dale Benzer cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp server & FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Dale Benzer wrote: > > Need you all again (This *WILL* stop soon, I promise) > > Is there any documentation out there concerning setting up a ppp server > on FreeBSD 2.1? Nothing in the Handbook. > > And in general -- where is the best source of FreeBSD questions archive? > > Thanks, > > You pain in the newbie friend... > OK Dale, let's go. I use the pppd for server (i run an ISP in Brazil) with 16 ppp in each machine. (486 DX66/170M(hd)/16MB memory/NE2000/dumb serial board) 1) enable pppd in the kernel by configure it with the number of ppp connections to be made for the machine. 2) create /etc/ppp/options: modem crtscts mtu 296 3) each time a user logs in, its shell enters a command like: /usr/sbin/pppd passive :200.250.250.75 the system starts up pppd and give the user the control protocol. of course, I have made a logic using awk that find the name of the terminal the user logs in and results it's IP. That is the way I used to do things in Brazil... Sergio de Almeida Lenzi.