The PPP package contains the pppd daemon and the chat program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to the Internet via a dial-up connection to an ISP.
Download (HTTP): http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/download/src/ppp-2.4/ppp-2.4.1.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ppp-2.4.1.tar.gz
Download size: 524 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 4.1 MB
Estimated build time: 0.09 SBU
Required patch if you plan on using RP-PPPoE-3.5 with demand dialing or kernel mode PPPoE http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/5.0/ppp-2.4.1-pppoe-5.patch
Note: PPP support must be compiled into the kernel or available as a kernel module.
If you need PPPoE related patch, apply it:
patch -Np1 -i ../ppp-2.4.1-pppoe-5.patch |
Install PPP by running the following commands:
./configure && make && make install |
/etc/ppp/*
The PPP daemon itself requires very little configuration. The main trick is scripting the connection. This can be done either using the chat program which comes with this package or by using WvDial-1.53.
The PPP package contains the chat, pppd, pppdump and pppstats programs.
The chat program defines a conversational exchange between the computer and the modem. Its primary purpose is to establish the connection between the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (PPPD) and the remote's pppd process.
pppd is the Point to Point Protocol daemon.
pppdump is used to convert PPP record files to a readable format.
pppstats is used to print PPP statistics.