15. PPP and SLIP

If your connection to the Internet is through a modem, or you wish to provide other people with dialup connections to the Internet using FreeBSD, you have the option of using PPP or SLIP. Furthermore, two varieties of PPP are provided: user (sometimes referred to as iijppp) and kernel. The procedures for configuring both types of PPP, and for setting up SLIP are described in this chapter.

15.1. Setting up User PPP

15.1.1. Before you start

15.1.2. Building a ppp ready kernel

15.1.3. Check the tun device

15.1.4. Name Resolution Configuration

15.1.5. PPP Configuration

15.1.6. Final system configuration

15.1.7. Summary

15.1.8. Acknowledgments

15.2. Setting up Kernel PPP

15.2.1. Working as a PPP client

15.2.2. Working as a PPP server

15.3. Setting up a SLIP Client

15.3.1. Things you have to do only once

15.3.2. Making a SLIP connection

15.3.3. How to shutdown the connection

15.3.4. Troubleshooting

15.4. Setting up a SLIP Server

15.4.1. Prerequisites

15.4.2. Quick Overview

15.4.3. Kernel Configuration

15.4.4. Sliplogin Configuration

15.4.5. Routing Considerations

15.4.6. Acknowledgments