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List:       freebsd-doc
Subject:    Re: DOC SUBMIT: PPP Server Setup
From:       Doug White <dwhite () gdi ! uoregon ! edu>
Date:       1996-09-21 2:05:07
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Peter Childs wrote:

> : I've designed it with Section 10.X or 11.X in mind, it may require
> : modification if you have other ideas on where to put it.  
> 
>  From what i can see of the handbook at the moment we have...
> 
>  12. PPP and SLIP
>   12.1. Setting up user PPP 
>   12.2. Setting up kernel PPP 
>   12.3. Setting up a SLIP client 
>   12.4. Setting up a SLIP server 
> 
>  which seems a little wierd.  I checked out the above mentioned document,
>  and think its great - but user ppp can also be used in a server configuration,
>  and enables support of pred1 compression, and other neat things...

Very true.  From what I understand though, iijppp has some bugs
(spontaneously closing, not quitting after hangup) that may not be
conductive to using it as a server.  This is what I understand from
-questions, reality may vary :-)

>  Perhaps we should restructure this section as
> 
>  12. PPP and SLIP
>   12.1 Setting up a PPP client
>    12.1.1 Using user PPP
>      ... etc..
>    12.1.2 Using kernel PPP
>      ... etc..
> 
>   12.2 Setting up a PPP server
>    12.2.1 Using user PPP
>      ... etc..
>    12.2.2 Using kernel PPP
>      ... etc..
> 
>   12.3 Setting up a SLIP client
>   12.4 Setting up a SLIP server
> 
>  Thoughts? Comments?  I'm quite happy to write up the document on using
>  user PPP as a server if there is a need.

That would be great.  

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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