12. 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.

12.1. Setting up user PPP

12.1.1. Before you start

12.1.2. Building a ppp ready kernel

12.1.3. Check the tun device

12.1.4. PPP Configuration

12.1.5. PPP and static IP addresses

12.1.6. PPP and Dynamic IP configuration

12.1.7. Final system configuration

12.2. Setting up kernel PPP

12.2.1. Working as a PPP client

12.2.2. Working as a PPP server

12.3. Setting up a SLIP client

12.3.1. Things you have to do only once

12.3.2. Making a SLIP connection

12.3.3. How to shutdown the connection

12.3.4. Troubleshooting

12.4. Setting up a SLIP server

12.4.1. Prerequisites

12.4.2. Quick Overview

12.4.3. Kernel Configuration

12.4.4. Sliplogin Configuration

12.4.5. Routing Considerations

12.4.6. Acknowledgments