Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work
Raj writes:
> I was focussed on the other file in ppp directory called optionsttySXX.
> And I did not see any reference to the port in that file except the file
> name. The comment inside that file says that I should rename that file
> for my serial port to optionttyS1 and edit it to put my hostname. I had
> done that. I do not have the system in front of me so I may have the
> file name wrong. Once I renamed that file back, everything started
> working. What is that file anyway? Is it for people who would dial in
> to my machine using PPP?
options.ttySXX lets you pass different options to pppd depending on which
serial port you tell pppd is using. I used it when I was using ppp and a
null modem cable as a poor-man's LAN. You don't need it.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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