i am trying to set up a linux ppp server at my office.
i have a linux server (redhat 4.2) that has ethernet and a
wavelan connectivity. now i want it to be able to accept
incoming ppp connections and also act as a gateway to the
internet.
i have gone thru the PPP howto, but it seems to stress upon
setting up a client. i am pretty sure about the procedure for
setting up a ppp client.
on the server end it seems to just point out the
steps/precautions etc.
The doubts :
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i would like to know if following entries need to be added
in /etc/inittab file to accept serial connections.
# Run gettys on Serial Port(s)
#S0:3:respawn:/sbin/uugetty ttyS0 vt220
#S1:3:respawn:/sbin/uugetty ttyS1 vt220
interestingly whenver i try to enable them, i start getting error
messages on the console like this :
S0 respawing too fast : disabled for 5 minutes
S1 respawing too fast : disabled for 5 minutes
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Is it necessary to run a named server on my system ? currently i
am not .
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Last but not the least !! how do i configure the ppp device !!
where to specify the IP address for it !! is it possible
to configure during bootup process !! as of now, there is a file
/etc/sysconfig/static-routes :
wln0 net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
eth0 net 163.122.6.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
do i have to specify the details for ppp dev here ?
what details if any are needed in the /etc/ppp/ip-up script ?
what details if any are needed in the file :
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
i am really stuck up, because of this. this is the first time i
am trying to do a setup on linux.
Please help
pankaj
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