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PPP Setup Tips

Will Harris,

wil@redhat.com

V4.0, April 24, 1999

1. Preface

2. Copyright

3. Introduction

• 3.1 What this document covers
• 3.2 A Note for Red Hat 5.x (Linux kernel 2.0.x) users
• 3.3 Connecting Using PAP/CHAP
• 3.4 The Red Hat PPP mailing list

4. Security Implications of an Internet Link

5. Using the Red Hat Network Configuration tool (netcfg)

• 5.1 Before you begin
• 5.2 Starting the netcfg tool
• 5.3 Adding the PPP interface
• 5.4 Providing the basic ISP information
• 5.5 Setting the interface hardware options
• 5.6 Scripting the log in process
• 5.7 Setting the networking options
• 5.8 Setting the IP numbers
• 5.9 Saving your settings
• 5.10 Setting up your Name Servers (DNS)
• 5.11 Activating your PPP interface
• 5.12 Closing down (deactivating) the PPP link
• 5.13 The PPP scripts
• 5.14 Problems

6. Plug and Play Modems

7. Setting up PPP with Linuxconf

8. Getting Additional help

9. Serial Port Reference