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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY ppp-download-http "http://samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY ppp-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/ppp-&ppp-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY ppp-md5sum "4621bc56167b6953ec4071043fe0ec57">
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10 | <!ENTITY ppp-size "920 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY ppp-buildsize "6.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY ppp-time "0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="ppp" xreflabel="PPP-&ppp-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="ppp.html"?>
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17 |
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18 |
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19 | <title>PPP-&ppp-version;</title>
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20 |
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21 | <indexterm zone="ppp">
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22 | <primary sortas="a-PPP">PPP</primary>
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23 | </indexterm>
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24 |
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25 | <sect2 role="package">
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26 | <title>Introduction to PPP</title>
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27 |
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28 | <para>The <application>PPP</application> package contains the
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29 | <command>pppd</command> daemon and the <command>chat</command>
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30 | program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to
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31 | the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP.</para>
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32 |
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33 | &lfs70_checked;
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34 |
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35 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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36 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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37 | <listitem>
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38 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ppp-download-http;"/></para>
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39 | </listitem>
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ppp-download-ftp;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &ppp-md5sum;</para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download size: &ppp-size;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &ppp-buildsize;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated build time: &ppp-time;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | </itemizedlist>
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56 |
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57 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PPP Dependencies</bridgehead>
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58 |
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59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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60 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libpcap"/> (needed to do PPP filtering)
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61 | and <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> (to authenticate incoming calls using PAM -
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62 | only needed by ISPs).
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63 | </para>
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64 |
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65 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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66 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/PPP"/></para>
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67 |
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68 | </sect2>
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69 |
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70 | <sect2 role="installation">
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71 | <title>Installation of PPP</title>
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72 |
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73 | <note id="ppp-kernel">
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74 | <para><application>PPP</application> support (CONFIG_PPP),
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75 | the asynchronous line discipline (CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC), the
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76 | driver for your serial port device and/or the PPP over Ethernet
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77 | (PPPoE) protocol driver (CONGIG_PPPOE) must be compiled into the
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78 | kernel or loaded as kernel modules.
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79 | Udev doesn't load the ppp_generic and pppoe modules automatically. If you
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80 | compiled them as modules they can be loaded by the modules bootscript if
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81 | they are mentioned in <filename>/etc/sysconfig/modules</filename>
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82 | file.</para>
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83 | </note>
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84 |
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85 | <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-kernel">
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86 | <primary sortas="d-PPP-support">PPP support</primary>
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87 | </indexterm>
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88 |
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89 | <para>Create (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>)
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90 | the group for users who may run <application>PPP</application>:</para>
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91 |
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92 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 52 pppusers</userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | <para>Compile <application>PPP</application> by running the
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95 | following commands:</para>
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96 |
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97 | <screen><userinput>rm include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h &&
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98 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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99 | make</userinput></screen>
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100 |
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101 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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102 |
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103 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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104 |
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105 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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106 | install -d /etc/ppp/peers</userinput></screen>
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107 |
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108 | </sect2>
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109 |
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110 | <sect2 role="commands">
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111 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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112 |
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113 | <para><command>rm include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h</command>:
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114 | <application>PPP-&ppp-version;</application> contains an out of date copy
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115 | of the kernel header <filename>linux/if_pppol2tp.h</filename>. This needs to
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116 | be removed to <emphasis>force</emphasis> it to use the one installed in
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117 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. If you don't remove this file
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118 | the build will still succeed (thanks to a poorly written
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119 | <filename>Makefile</filename>) but it will fail to compile the
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120 | <filename class="libraryfile">openl2tp.so</filename>,
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121 | <filename class="libraryfile">pppol2tp.so</filename>,
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122 | and <filename class="libraryfile">rp-pppoe.so</filename> plugins:</para>
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123 |
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124 | <para><command>install -d /etc/ppp/peers</command>: This command creates
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125 | a directory for PPP peer configuration files.</para>
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126 |
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127 | <!-- FIXME: the three options below are taken from pppd/Makefile.linux file.
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128 | They have not been tested. There are other options, such as USE_SRP=y,
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129 | that cannot work (in this case, because libsrp is not available from
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130 | anywhere) - Alexander E. Patrakov -->
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131 |
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132 | <para><parameter>USE_PAM=y</parameter>: Add this argument to the
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133 | <command>make</command> command to compile in support for PAM, usually
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134 | needed for authenticating inbound calls against a central database.</para>
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135 |
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136 | <para><parameter>HAVE_INET6=y</parameter>: Add this argument to the
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137 | <command>make</command> command to compile in support for IPv6.</para>
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138 |
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139 | <para><parameter>CBCP=y</parameter>: Add this argument to the
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140 | <command>make</command> command to compile in support for the
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141 | Microsoft proprietary Callback Control Protocol.</para>
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142 |
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143 | </sect2>
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144 |
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145 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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146 | <title>Configuring PPP</title>
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147 |
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148 | <sect3 id="ppp-config">
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149 | <title>Config Files</title>
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150 |
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151 | <para><filename>/etc/ppp/*</filename></para>
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152 |
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153 | <indexterm zone="ppp ppp-config">
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154 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ppp-star">/etc/ppp/*</primary>
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155 | </indexterm>
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156 |
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157 | </sect3>
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158 |
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159 | <sect3>
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160 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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161 |
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162 | <para>Add the users who may run <application>PPP</application> to the
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163 | <systemitem class="groupname">pppusers</systemitem> group:</para>
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164 |
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165 | <screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G pppusers <replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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166 |
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167 | <para>Most internet service providers that use ppp give you a username
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168 | and password for you to use to authenticate yourself when you connect to
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169 | their servers. These secrets are kept in the files
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170 | <filename>/etc/ppp/pap-secrets</filename> or
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171 | <filename>/etc/ppp/chap-secrets</filename>. If you don't know whether
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172 | your ISP uses CHAP or PAP then create both files and put the same content
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173 | in both files.</para>
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174 |
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175 | <para>If you have more than one ISP account the second column
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176 | (remotename) is used to identify between the different
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177 | usernames/passwords needed for the different ISPs. If you only have one
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178 | ISP account an asterisk will work fine in the second column.</para>
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179 |
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180 | <para>In this example the username given by the ISP is
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181 | <quote>jdoe</quote>, the password is <quote>guessit</quote>, the ISP uses
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182 | PAP and the user wants to give this account the remotename
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183 | <quote>dialup</quote> in order to distinguish it from other PPP
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184 | accounts:</para>
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185 |
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186 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >>/etc/ppp/pap-secrets <<"EOF"</userinput>
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187 | <literal># username remotename password
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188 | jdoe dialup guessit</literal>
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189 | <userinput>EOF
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190 | chmod 600 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets</userinput></screen>
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191 |
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192 | <sect4>
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193 | <title>DNS Server Configuration</title>
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194 |
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195 | <para>If you don't run your own caching DNS server (like
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196 | <xref linkend="bind"/>) <command>pppd</command> can ask your ISP for its
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197 | domain name servers and put them in <filename>/etc/ppp/resolv.conf</filename>.
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198 | If you want to use their domain name servers:</para>
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199 |
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200 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv /etc/resolv.conf{,.orig}
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201 | ln -s ppp/resolv.conf /etc</userinput></screen>
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202 |
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203 | </sect4>
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204 |
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205 | <sect4>
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206 | <title>PPPoE connections</title>
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207 |
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208 | <para>In order to configure a PPPoE connection, create a peer file that
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209 | contains the connection details:</para>
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210 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >/etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>peername</replaceable> <<"EOF"</userinput>
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211 | <literal>plugin rp-pppoe.so <replaceable>eth0</replaceable>
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212 |
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213 | # Your username at the ISP. This is the same as the first
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214 | # column in /etc/ppp/*-secrets:
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215 | user "<replaceable>jdoe</replaceable>"
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216 |
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217 | # remotename is not needed if you only have one ISP account and
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218 | # hence an asterisk in the second column in pap or chap-secrets:
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219 | # remotename "<replaceable>adsl</replaceable>"
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220 |
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221 | # If it's not working and you want pppd to be
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222 | # more verbose in /var/log/sys.log, add debug:
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223 | # debug
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224 |
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225 | # If you have a static IP address (eg, 12.34.56.78) you
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226 | # can specify it by following it with a colon:
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227 | # 12.34.56.78:
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228 |
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229 | # Otherwise accept whatever IP address the ISP gives you:
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230 | noipdefault
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231 |
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232 | # The settings below usually don't need to be changed
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233 | noauth
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234 | hide-password
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235 | updetach
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236 | defaultroute
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237 | # create /etc/ppp/resolv.conf:
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238 | usepeerdns
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239 |
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240 | ### For more details (and more options)
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241 | ### read man pppd</literal>
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242 | <userinput>EOF
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243 | chmod 600 /etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>peername</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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244 | </sect4>
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245 |
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246 | <sect4>
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247 | <title>PPPoATM connections</title>
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248 |
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249 | <para>PPPoA connections are very similar to PPPoE, the main differences
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250 | are that you use the pppoatm.so plugin instead of rp-pppoe.so, you don't
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251 | specify the ethernet interface (it uses ppp0) and you need to VP/VC
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252 | numbers that are used by your ISP (there is a list of VP/VC numbers
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253 | <ulink url="http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/faq/index.html#q12">here
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254 | </ulink>)</para>
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255 |
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256 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >/etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>peername</replaceable> <<"EOF"</userinput>
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257 | <literal>plugin pppoatm.so
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258 |
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259 | # Your VP/VC numbers. eg, in Britain it is 0.38, in
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260 | # France they use 8.35. Google is your friend :)
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261 | 0.38
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262 |
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263 | # Your username at the ISP. This is the same as the
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264 | # first column in /etc/ppp/*-secrets:
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265 | user "<replaceable>jdoe</replaceable>"
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266 |
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267 | # remotename is not needed if you only have one ISP account and
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268 | # hence an asterisk in the second column in pap or chap-secrets:
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269 | # remotename "<replaceable>adsl</replaceable>"
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270 |
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271 | # If it's not working and you want pppd to be
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272 | # more verbose in /var/log/sys.log, add debug:
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273 | # debug
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274 |
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275 | # If you have a static IP address (eg, 12.34.56.78) you
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276 | # can specify it by following it with a colon:
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277 | # 12.34.56.78:
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278 |
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279 | # Otherwise accept whatever IP address the ISP gives you:
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280 | noipdefault
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281 |
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282 | # The settings below usually don't need to be changed
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283 | noauth
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284 | hide-password
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285 | updetach
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286 | defaultroute
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287 | # create /etc/ppp/resolv.conf:
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288 | usepeerdns
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289 |
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290 | ### For more details (and more options)
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291 | ### read man pppd</literal>
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292 | <userinput>EOF
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293 | chmod 600 /etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>peername</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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294 |
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295 | </sect4>
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296 |
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297 | <sect4>
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298 | <title>Dialup Modem Connection</title>
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299 |
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300 | <!-- This section has been tested with various ISPs in Yekaterinburg,
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301 | Russia using Lucent WinModem. I cannot test it anymore, because
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302 | there is no free PCI slot for the modem in my new computer. However,
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303 | it is similar enough to GPRS for me to be sure that it still works,
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304 | and nobody complained about non-working dialup on the LFS LiveCD.
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305 | - Alexander E. Patrakov -->
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306 |
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307 | <para>Dialup connections are established with the help of a modem
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308 | connected to a computer and the telephone line. The modem dials a
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309 | telephone number of the ISP's modem, and they exchange data using
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310 | the signal frequencies 300-4000 Hz. Typical data transfer
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311 | rate is 40-50 kilobits per second, and the gateway ping time
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312 | (latency) is up to 300-400 ms. In order to configure the
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313 | dialup connection, it is required to know the telephone number of
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314 | the ISP's modem pool, the username and the password.</para>
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315 |
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316 | <para>In order to configure a dialup connection, two files have to
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317 | be created: a chat script that automates the connection procedure
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318 | (common for all dialup accounts), and a peer file that provides
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319 | configuration information about a specific connection to
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320 | <command>pppd</command>:</para>
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321 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >/etc/ppp/dialup.chat <<"EOF"</userinput>
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322 | <literal>ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
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323 | ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED
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324 | ABORT ERROR ABORT BLACKLISTED
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325 |
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326 | TIMEOUT 5
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327 | '' AT
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328 | # \T is the phone number, passed from /etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>dialup</replaceable>
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329 | OK-+++\dATH0-OK ATD\T
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330 | TIMEOUT 75
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331 | CONNECT \d\c</literal>
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332 | <userinput>EOF
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333 |
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334 | cat >/etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>dialup</replaceable> <<"EOF"</userinput>
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335 | <literal># Your username at the ISP
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336 | user "<replaceable>jdoe</replaceable>"
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337 | # What should be in the second column in /etc/ppp/*-secrets
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338 | remotename "<replaceable>dialup</replaceable>"
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339 | # Replace <replaceable>TTTTTTT</replaceable> with the ISP phone number
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340 | connect "/usr/sbin/chat -T <replaceable>TTTTTTT</replaceable> -f /etc/ppp/dialup.chat"
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341 |
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342 | # Specify your modem serial port and speed below
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343 | <replaceable>/dev/ttyS0</replaceable>
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344 | <replaceable>115200</replaceable>
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345 |
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346 | # The settings below usually don't need to be changed
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347 | updetach
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348 | noauth
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349 | hide-password
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350 | debug
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351 | lock
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352 | defaultroute
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353 | noipdefault
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354 | usepeerdns</literal>
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355 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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356 |
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357 | <para>The first three lines of the
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358 | <filename>/etc/ppp/dialup.chat</filename> file abort the script when
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359 | it receives an indication of an error from the modem. Then the timeout
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360 | is set to 5 seconds and the script checks that the modem responds to
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361 | the dummy AT command. If not, measures are taken to dewedge it
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362 | (by interrupting the data transfer and going on hook). Then the
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363 | telephone number is dialed, and the script waits for the answer for
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364 | 75 seconds. The serial connection is considered established when the
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365 | modem sends the string CONNECT.</para>
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366 |
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367 | </sect4>
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368 |
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369 | <sect4>
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370 | <title>GPRS and EDGE Connections</title>
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371 |
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372 | <!-- This section has been tested with GPRS service from MOTIV in
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373 | Yekaterinburg, Russia. According to forum messages, the procedure
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374 | also works with EDGE, but my cellular phone (Motorola C350) does not
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375 | support EDGE. - Alexander E. Patrakov -->
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376 |
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377 | <para>GPRS and EDGE connections are established with the help of a
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378 | cellular phone connected to a computer via serial, USB, or Bluetooth.
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379 | The phone exchanges data packets with the nearest base station,
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380 | which can be up to 35 kilometers away.
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381 |
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382 | <!-- FIXME: watch for new standards! SkyLink is already offering
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383 | 3.1 megabits per second with CDMA mobile phones, and
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384 | the configuration below doesn't work. It is reported that
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385 | a regular dialup setup with the telephone number "#777",
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386 | username "mobile" and password "internet" works with SkyLink. -->
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387 |
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388 | The maximum possible data transfer rate is 170 kilobits per second
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389 | for GPRS and 474 kilobits per second for EDGE, but many cellular
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390 | operators impose lower limits, such as 64 kilobits per second. The
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391 | gateway ping time is 900 ms for GPRS, which makes playing many online
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392 | games impossible and causes connection to ICQ to be unreliable.
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393 | In order to configure a GPRS or EDGE connection,
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394 | it is required to know the access point name (APN) and, rarely, the
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395 | username and the password.
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396 | In most cases, billing is based on the telephone number, and the
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397 | username/password pair is not needed, as assumed in the example
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398 | below.</para>
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399 |
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400 | <para>In order to configure a GPRS connection, two files have to
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401 | be created: a chat script that automates the connection procedure
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402 | (common for all GPRS accounts), and a peer file that provides
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403 | configuration information about a specific connection to
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404 | <command>pppd</command>:</para>
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405 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >/etc/ppp/gprs.chat <<"EOF"</userinput>
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406 | <literal>ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
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407 | ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED
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408 | ABORT ERROR ABORT BLACKLISTED
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409 |
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410 | TIMEOUT 5
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411 | '' AT
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412 | OK-+++\dATH0-OK ATZ
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413 | # \T is the APN, passed from /etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>gprs</replaceable>
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414 | # This example stores the APN as profile #1 in the phone.
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415 | # The "telephone number", *99***<profile_number>#, is always the same.
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416 | # If you want to store this as profile #2, change 1 to 2 in the
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417 | # following two lines.
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418 | OK AT+CGDCONT=<replaceable>1</replaceable>,"IP","\T"
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419 | OK "ATD*99***<replaceable>1</replaceable>#"
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420 | CONNECT \d\c</literal>
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421 | <userinput>EOF
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422 |
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423 | cat >/etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>gprs</replaceable> <<"EOF"</userinput>
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424 | <literal># Replace <replaceable>inet.example.com</replaceable> with the proper APN for your provider
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425 | connect "/usr/sbin/chat -T <replaceable>inet.example.com</replaceable> -f /etc/ppp/gprs.chat"
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426 |
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427 | # Specify your cellphone serial port and speed below
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428 | # Note: you must manually send some vendor-specific AT commands
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429 | # to certain old cellular phones (such as Sony-Ericsson T200)
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430 | # in order to achieve connection speed more than 9600 bits per second.
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431 | <replaceable>/dev/ttyS1</replaceable>
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432 | <replaceable>115200</replaceable>
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433 |
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434 | # The settings below usually don't need to be changed
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435 | noccp
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436 | noauth
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437 | updetach
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438 | debug
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439 | lock
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440 | defaultroute
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441 | noipdefault
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442 | usepeerdns</literal>
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443 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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444 | </sect4>
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445 |
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446 | <sect4>
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447 | <title>Establishing the connection manually</title>
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448 |
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449 | <para>In order to establish a PPP connection described by the
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450 | <filename>/etc/ppp/peers/<replaceable>peername</replaceable></filename>
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451 | file run (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or as a member
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452 | of the <systemitem class="groupname">pppusers</systemitem> group):</para>
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453 | <screen><userinput>pppd call <replaceable>peername</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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454 |
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455 | <para>In order to stop the connection, run:</para>
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456 | <screen><userinput>killall pppd</userinput></screen>
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457 |
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458 | <!-- There are an infinite number of ways that computers can be
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459 | connected together. Trying to write a bootscript that can cope with every
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460 | possible network configuration is the road to madness. Andrew Benton -->
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461 |
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462 | <para>Writing a bootscript that brings up the connection during the boot
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463 | process is left as an exercise for the reader ;)</para>
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464 |
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465 | </sect4>
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466 |
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467 | </sect3>
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468 |
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469 | </sect2>
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470 | <sect2 role="content">
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471 | <title>Contents</title>
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472 |
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473 | <segmentedlist>
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474 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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475 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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476 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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477 |
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478 | <seglistitem>
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479 | <seg>chat, pppd, pppdump, pppoe-discovery and pppstats</seg>
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480 | <seg>Several plugin modules installed in
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481 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/pppd/&ppp-version;</filename></seg>
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482 | <seg>/etc/ppp, /usr/include/pppd and /usr/lib/pppd</seg>
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483 | </seglistitem>
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484 | </segmentedlist>
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485 |
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486 | <variablelist>
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487 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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488 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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489 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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490 |
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491 | <varlistentry id="chat">
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492 | <term><command>chat</command></term>
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493 | <listitem>
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494 | <para>defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the
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495 | modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the connection between the
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496 | Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (PPPD) and the remote
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497 | <command>pppd</command> process.</para>
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498 | <indexterm zone="ppp chat">
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499 | <primary sortas="b-chat">chat</primary>
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500 | </indexterm>
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501 | </listitem>
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502 | </varlistentry>
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503 |
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504 | <varlistentry id="pppd">
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505 | <term><command>pppd</command></term>
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506 | <listitem>
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507 | <para>is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.</para>
|
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508 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppd">
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509 | <primary sortas="b-pppd">pppd</primary>
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510 | </indexterm>
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511 | </listitem>
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512 | </varlistentry>
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513 |
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514 | <varlistentry id="pppdump">
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515 | <term><command>pppdump</command></term>
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516 | <listitem>
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517 | <para>is used to convert
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518 | <application>PPP</application> record files to a readable
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519 | format.</para>
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520 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppdump">
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521 | <primary sortas="b-pppdump">pppdump</primary>
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522 | </indexterm>
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523 | </listitem>
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524 | </varlistentry>
|
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525 |
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526 | <varlistentry id="pppoe-discovery">
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527 | <term><command>pppoe-discovery</command></term>
|
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528 | <listitem>
|
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529 | <para>performs the same discovery process as the pppoe plugin, but
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530 | does not initiate a <application>PPP</application> session.</para>
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531 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppoe-discovery">
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532 | <primary sortas="b-pppoe-discovery">pppoe-discovery</primary>
|
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533 | </indexterm>
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534 | </listitem>
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535 | </varlistentry>
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536 |
|
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537 | <varlistentry id="pppstats">
|
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538 | <term><command>pppstats</command></term>
|
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539 | <listitem>
|
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540 | <para>is used to print
|
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541 | <application>PPP</application> statistics.</para>
|
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542 | <indexterm zone="ppp pppstats">
|
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543 | <primary sortas="b-pppstats">pppstats</primary>
|
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544 | </indexterm>
|
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545 | </listitem>
|
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546 | </varlistentry>
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547 |
|
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548 | </variablelist>
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549 |
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550 | </sect2>
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551 |
|
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552 | </sect1>
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