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Re: [LI] dial in configuration using mgetty - What about PPP link

Hi Vaibhav,

Thanks a lot.

I will try this and get back to the list about the results.

Rajesh

On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I have not tried this on a machine without network card but I think this
> should work.
> 
> For a PPP connection,
> just ensure that your hostname, etc has been set correctly which are
> similarly reflected in the changes done by this configuration script.
> 
> Just bind an IP address (192.168.0.1) to the local loopback ( lo ) Interface
> and set your hostname. Your system should be able to resolve this local
> hostname to this IP address (192.168.0.1)
> 
> Now run this script and supply the required options.
> 
> Setting the local address to 192.168.0.1 remote machine address to
> 192.168.0.5 (or anything in this range)
> and I think this should work.
> 
> In the machine that u r dialing in, DO NOT ENABLE THE TERMINAL WINDOW AFTER
> DIALUP. fill in the password and the username in the dialing screen of Dial
> up networking itself, as we would be using PAP authentication method and NOT
> terminal based.
> 
> If you want terminal based you would have to run pppd manually after logging
> in.
> 
> Please try this if you can and update us with the results.
> 
> VaibhaV Sharma
> Indian Linux Users Group Indore Chapter
> 

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