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| 1 | # LIC: GPL |
| 2 | |
| 3 | pppoe: a PPP-over-Ethernet redirector for pppd |
| 4 | Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Roaring Penguin Software Inc. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Some inspiration from an earlier client by Luke Stras. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | The MSS clamping was inspired by mssclampfw by Marc Boucher <marc@mbsi.ca> |
| 9 | with acknowledgements to Rebel.com (http://www.rebel.com). However, the |
| 10 | actual MSS clamping code is original and is licensed under the GPL, unlike |
| 11 | the original mssclampfw. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Introduction |
| 14 | ============ |
| 15 | |
| 16 | pppoe is a user-space redirector which permits the use of PPPoE |
| 17 | (Point-to-Point Over Ethernet) with Linux. PPPoE is used by many |
| 18 | DSL service providers. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Installation |
| 21 | ============ |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Requirements |
| 24 | ------------ |
| 25 | |
| 26 | 1) Linux 2.2.9 or later on Intel, Sparc or PowerPC. It may work on |
| 27 | Alpha, too -- anyone care to let me know? |
| 28 | |
| 29 | OR |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Linux 2.0.36 or later. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | OR |
| 34 | |
| 35 | FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD with BPF support. I have access only |
| 36 | to FreeBSD. In general, I can't answer questions about the *BSD's |
| 37 | as well as I can about Linux. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | |
| 40 | 2) pppd 2.3.10 or later. Versions 2.3.7 and later work unless you use |
| 41 | demand-dialling. For demand dialling, you *must* use 2.3.10 or later. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | QUICKSTART |
| 44 | ---------- |
| 45 | |
| 46 | If you're lucky, the "quickstart" method will work. After unpacking |
| 47 | the archive, become root and type: |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ./go |
| 50 | |
| 51 | This should configure, compile and install the software and set up your |
| 52 | DSL connection. You'll have to answer a few questions along the way. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | If you want the GUI wrapper, type: |
| 55 | |
| 56 | ./go-gui |
| 57 | |
| 58 | If ./go and ./go-gui didn't work, read the rest of this README. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Compiling |
| 61 | --------- |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Compile and install pppd if you don't already have it. Then: |
| 64 | |
| 65 | 1) Unpack: |
| 66 | |
| 67 | $ tar xzvf rp-pppoe-xxx.tar.gz |
| 68 | |
| 69 | 2) Change to source directory: |
| 70 | |
| 71 | $ cd src |
| 72 | |
| 73 | 3) Configure: |
| 74 | |
| 75 | $ ./configure |
| 76 | |
| 77 | 4) Compile: |
| 78 | |
| 79 | $ make |
| 80 | |
| 81 | 4) Install (this step must be done as root) |
| 82 | |
| 83 | # make install |
| 84 | |
| 85 | 5) Now read doc/HOW-TO-CONNECT |
| 86 | |
| 87 | -- |
| 88 | David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com> | Roaring Penguin Software Inc. |
| 89 | http://www.roaringpenguin.com |
| 90 |