Linux PPP with diald

Options file

This file contains options that govern PPP's connection negotiations.

It is stored in /etc/ppp/options.


    # /etc/ppp/options -*- sh -*- general options for pppd
    # created 16-Sep-1996

    debug
    noipdefault

When diald is used, it is responsible for setting up the line characteristics, therefore many PPP options should not be used here.

debug It will send debugging messages to the syslog daemon.
noipdefault We tell PPP not to try to work out the local IP address from /etc/hosts; it is to be supplied by the Enterprise server.

For full and detailed information, see the man page on pppd. All the options listed there, and not reserved to diald, may be used in the options file.

Note that we do not try to specify an IP address, because Enterprise assign addresses dynamically. (The DOS/Windows versions of PPP need to be told to use IP address 0.0.0.0, which allows dynamic address assignment, but Linux PPP does this automatically when no IP address is given.)

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Last updated on 5th May 1997 by Oliver Elphick