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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!usc!ccnet.com!usenet From: The God of This World <root> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Dumb PPP question? Date: 17 Sep 1995 23:41:15 GMT Organization: CCnet Communications (510-988-7140 guest) Lines: 10 Message-ID: <43ibmr$4pj@ccnet2.ccnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ecsd.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) X-URL: news:comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc I know that pppd establishes links to remote stations (as a client). But is pppd also that which initiates a wait for a connection (as a server), and if so, then how is IP address assignment managed and how do you make it wait on ports? Trying to set up internet service. Thanks... -ecsd@ecsd.com