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- Lines: 56
- Date:
Tue Apr 28 14:22:04 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/isdn/syncPPP.FAQ
- Orig date:
Sun May 19 22:38:42 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/isdn/syncPPP.FAQ linux/Documentation/isdn/syncPPP.FAQ
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
simple isdn4linux PPP FAQ .. to be continued .. not 'debugged'
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-Q01: what's pppd,ipppd, syncPPP , asyncPPP ??
-Q02: error message "this systems lacks PPP support"
+Q01: what's pppd, ipppd, syncPPP, asyncPPP ??
+Q02: error message "this system lacks PPP support"
Q03: strange information using 'ifconfig'
Q04: MPPP?? What's that and how can I use it ...
Q05: I tried MPPP but it doesn't work
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
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-Q01: pppd,ipppd, syncPPP , asyncPPP .. what is that ?
+Q01: pppd, ipppd, syncPPP, asyncPPP .. what is that ?
what should I use?
A: The pppd is for asynchronous PPP .. asynchronous means
here, the framing is character based. (e.g when
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
--
Q02: when I start the ipppd .. I only get the
- error message "this systems lacks PPP support"
+ error message "this system lacks PPP support"
A: check that at least the device 'ippp0' exists.
(you can check this e.g with the program 'ifconfig')
The ipppd NEEDS this device under THIS name ..
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
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-Q08: A wanna talk to remote machines, which need
+Q08: I wanna talk to remote machines, which need
a different configuration. The only way
I found to do this is to kill the ipppd and
start a new one with another config to connect
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@
Q10: I wanna use dynamic IP address assignment ... How
must I configure the network device.
-A: At least you must have a routing, which forwards
+A: At least you must have a route which forwards
a packet to the ippp network-interface to trigger
the dial-on-demand.
- A default routing to the ippp-interface will work.
+ A default route to the ippp-interface will work.
Now you must choose a dummy IP address for your
interface.
If for some reason you can't set the default
- routing to the ippp interface, you may take any
+ route to the ippp interface, you may take any
address of the subnet from which you expect your
dynamic IP number and set a 'network route' for
this subnet to the ippp interface.
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