Peter Iannarelli writes: > > Drop your linen and stop your grinen: > > To all those; and you know who you are, who are whinnnnnnnnnnnnnng > about Debian PPP. Ask your self two questions. > > * What do I know about RFC 1331 or more commonly known as PPP. > * What do I know about my ISP.
Not everyone has a background in TCP/IP network adminstration. I'm struggling with RTFM (read the fine manual). I've even broke down and bought O'Reilly's book on TCP/IP network management. And I still don't have a "warm fuzzy feeling" about PPP. > If you can answer these two questions with a little, or a lot or everything, > your > probably not whinnnnnnnnnnnnnng. To the individual who implemented PPP, > you did a good job. Linux is not M$W 95, thank god. If one has ever tried > to configure a Cisco, or Alpha (not linux) or SCO box, you know what I mean. > There is sufficient documentation in /usr/doc/ppp, and /etc/ppp to answer > almost all questions. I'm happy that we have "experts" on this list to help us out of our ignorance. I've looked at the documentation of a Cisco and agree that configuring it runs a close second to my least favorite activity (going to the dentist). > If there are specific questions concerning who, what, when, where or why, > ask away. The ISP is usually not the problem, unless they don't support PPP > just SLIP. Remember, unless one has a dedicated link, your IP address will > be provided by the ISP following a successful login (most ISP recycle IP > addresses). > You must specify "noipdefault" and "defaultroute in /etc/ppp/options. If you > set a DEFAULT GATEWAY and ROUTE in /etc/init.d/network, unset it. Good info, thanks! Now let me ask a specific question, my ISP not only dynamically allocates the IP address for it's users, but dynamically allocates the server IP (several PPP servers on a rotating incoming line). Question: how do you configure PPP to handle this situation? -- -= Sent by Debian 1.2 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
