[ale] PPP

[Linux Idiot]

Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
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> On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Gopal Sarma wrote:
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> > Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 18:39:34 -0400
> > From: Gopal Sarma <gopal at sigmawd.com>
> > To: ale at cc.gatech.edu
> > Subject: [ale] PPP
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> > Hi, i am a new user to Linux, and I would like to know how to use PPP to
> > connect to my ISP through Linux. I read the MiniHOWTO, and i setup the PPP
> > configuration through the command line.  However when i go to type in the
> > commands that it says to type:
> >
>         People can feel free to take advantage of a quick little shell
> script I've written for our users that use Linux to setup PPP for their
> systems. You can get it at ftp://zeus.stsi.net/pub/linux/pppsetup.tar.gz
> at anytime... It is really small and does the basic setup for pppd using
> PAP authentication... I've used it on RedHat and Slackware versions but
> should work on any distribution.

For those that may be new to Linux, this would only work for you if your
ISP is using PAP, not if they are using CHAP or no authentication, I
assume....

> 
>         Sincerely,
>         Jeremy T. Bouse
>         System Administrator
>         SouthNet TeleComm Services, Inc.
> 
>     Jeremy T. Bouse - UnderGrid Network Services - www.UnderGrid.net
>   PGP ID/Fingerprint: 1024/E83D9AE5/4ACC03F098D78198  19D0593E50E597E9
>      undrgrid at UnderGrid.net - NIC Whois: JB5713 - undrgrid at STSI.net
>          /earth is 98% full ... please delete anyone you can.
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