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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: "PPP Not available on this system" ---- HELP
Date: 7 Jun 1995 10:31:18 +0200
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Wayne Taylor <wayne@office.zipmail.co.uk> wrote:
>I'm trying to get FreeBSD 2.0 setup to work with PPP, but when running
>pppd I just get the message "PPP Not available on this system".
>
>It seems to be that there is no PPP0 interface setup but can't work out
>how to create it.
It's a kernel pseudo-device. Refer the FAQ on how to reconfigure and
rebuild a new kernel.
Be warned that PPP has been left out by intention from the generic
2.0R kernels since it's said to be broken. It may or may not work for
you, but don't be too surprised if it's panicking.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)