Hi! I have a small Ethernet network with 2 PCs with Windows95/NT4.0 and a PC running RedHat 5.0 as server. I have also already a PPP connection from the server to the Internet through a provider. I have only one phone line available. Now I have bought a notebook with Windows95 and I would like to connect it to the LAN either with an Ethernet interface when I'm in the office or through a PPP modem connection, when I'm far away. On my RedHat 5.0 server I have configured PPP to connect with my ISP with ppp0 on /dev/ttyS0 (I configured it with the graphical tool). I'm getting the ppp0 IP-address from my provider dynamically when I create a connection. I'm using PAP and everything works fine. On the same ttyS0 I have configured mgetty and now I can login on my RedHat server through a modem connection from a notebook. It also works fine. I can also receive faxes on the same line (ttyS0) and they are saved on the hard disk. Now I would like to dial-in also with a PPP connection from the notebook. I have read that it's possible to configure PPP so that it works on the same serial line (in this case /dev/ttyS0 with ppp0). A problem may be that the same ppp0 in one case is getting its IP-address dynamically from the ISP and in the other case, acting as "server" has to have either a static IP-address or to get it from the notebook that is trying to connect as client. I have tryed a lot also with uncommenting the /AutoPPP/ line in the login.config file for mgetty. The line I have used is: /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd -detach auth -chat +pap login kdebug 7 debug I have cheched that AutoPPP is active in mgetty. Using the following command strings $(which mgetty) | grep PPP results in following lines: getlogname (AUTO_PPP), read: /AutoPPP/ I've read in an old message in the redhat mail list, that I can check this way that mgetty is compiled with the AUTOPPP option. Unfortunately although I have read many messages concerning AutoPPP on the mailing list, I couldn't find enough information for my case. I need to connect from the LAN (RedHat server) to the Internet (dynamic-IP address) and to connect from the notebook with PPP through the same /dev/ttyS0 to the LAN (static or dynamic IP-address?). Now assuming that the right way is with AutoPPP: - I'm using ppp0, what's a_ppp a few lines above? - Does I need a clone of ppp0? or an alias? I didn't find any info about both features of the graphical interface (what are they used for?). - Does I need to declare an a_ppp interface with the control_panel or will it be created automatically? - Is a_ppp mapped to ppp0 and using /dev/ttyS0? When I try to login from the notebook with PPP the PAP authorization fails, and I don't know: - Does I have to log in with one of the users/passwords declared in the passwd file or does I have to log in as AutoPPP? - In this case does I have to create an AutoPPP user? - An other possibility could be to use other special PPP passwords for the same users and declare them in the pap-secrets file? How does I have to proceed? Thanks a lot in advance! Enrico +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Enrico Ballarin Dolfin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.