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- From: susanh@ossi.com (Susan Hunts)
- Subject: req for advice on using PPP
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- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:54:24 GMT
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- I apologize for the level of ignorance this question represents; I
- thought I was going to have time to learn about this stuff leisurely.
-
- The situation is that I wish to connect 2 SPARCstation2 via a phone
- line. One workstation would be at home, the other would be on the
- network at the office. Both workstations are running SunOS 4.1.1.
- My tentative plan is to acquire a pair of modems (possibly Telebit
- QBlazers) and to use the PPP software I obtained by ftp from ohio-state.
- edu (ppp-sunos4.1p16). My desire is to have the machine at home
- seem as much like a machine on the net at the office as possible.
-
- (At the office, we use the automounter. I assume that from home
- I would want to keep file system mounting to a minimum and only
- do so when needed.)
-
- Questions:
-
- 1. Is this a reasonable approach? Any major drawbacks I should know
- about? What kind of performance am I likely to see? Any
- problems with the PPP software and SunOS 4.1.1?
-
- 2. Does building, installing, configuring, etc. require a guru? The
- PPP software appears to have nice, clear cookbook instructions
- which can be followed by a neophyte. Any additional hints or tips
- someone would like to pass on? What about setting up the modems?
-
- 3. Any comments on choice of modems? (Cost is a factor.) If there's
- a random modem available for free, what minimum capability should
- it have?
-
-
- Any other advice (or questions I should be asking) is appreciated.
-
- Thanks,
- Susan Hunts (susanh@ossi.com)
-