That last answer was torture! Is there any open source PPP thats easier to use?
Yes, 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. Fortunately, PPPD has been ported to Solaris and is easier to configure, performs better, and is still free. It’s available from Peter Marelas at http://www.phase-one.com.au/solaris-x86/pppd/ 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 variable “u” to “u1”. There’s 5 occurrences at lines 4215, 4290, 4329, and 4337, and 4347. For example, change “inflate_huft *u[BMAX];” to “inflate_huft *u1[BMAX];”. Besides PPPD, mentioned here, Andrew Gabriel mentions there’s also DP (for Di
