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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:00:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Wayne G Boyd <wayne@jcegroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: User PPP (Dial in)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421115922.4074P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199804211211.MAA12392@jcegroup.com>

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On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Wayne G Boyd wrote:

> I am trying to configure User PPP on my FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE system.
> 
> PPP dial out to my ISP is working fine. I have a dial-on-demand ppp 
> process running all the time.  When I have tried to run a dial-in 
> ppp, it comes up with an error about the tun device. So I have tried 
> running it without having the other instance (dial-on-demand) running 
> at the same time. And it works fine. So my problem is something to do 
> with the tun device. Am I right in thinking that all I need to do is 
> recompile the kernel with a second tun device ?

I would say that would be a correct assumption.  You might as well build
in several, like 8, to forestall future kernel builds.  Especially if
you're running on a low end 486 ;)

> And if so how do I go about getting the kernel source files
> (/usr/scr/sys)?    They don't exist on my system at present, 
> and I can't find them in the port's collection.

Easy way:

1.  Mount CD or download src/ssys.* and install.sh from ftp site.
2.  cd /cdrom/src
3.  ./install.sh sys

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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