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Is there any open source PPP thats easier to use than Suns aspppd?

April 26, 2017easier open source PPP Sun

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Is there any open source PPP thats easier to use than Suns aspppd?

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Yes, PPPd. As you can see, aspppd, the Solaris-bundled ppp product, is difficult to setup and use (“infamous”). Part of the problem is it uses the old BNU/UUCP programs and configuration files, which are too general and weren’t really intended for PPP. PPPd, which I use, has been ported to Solaris and is easier to configure, performs better, and is still free. It’s available in binary and source from Peter Marelas at http://www.phase-one.com.au/solaris-x86/pppd/ PPPd 2.3.5 works for Solaris 2.6 – 8. More recent versions of PPPd are not required but are available (source only) from ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ Follow instructions in file README.sol2 to compile. I use PPPD with Solaris 7. PPPD 2.3.5 also works with 2.5.1 and 2.6. This product isn’t designed for use with SMP machines. For Solaris 7, you can use the binaries compiled for Solaris 2.6 (not 2.5.1). If you compile on Solaris 7, you need to modify source file common/zlib.c to compile it. Change every definition of vari