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- From: ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de (Ignatios Souvatzis)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,news.answers,comp.answers
- Subject: comp.protocols.ppp part5 of 8 of frequently wanted information
- Supersedes: <ppp-faq/part5_764536807@cs.uni-bonn.de>
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- Date: 7 Apr 1994 18:21:12 GMT
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- Summary: This document contains information about the Internet Point-to-Point
- Protocol, including a bibliography, a list of public domain and
- commercial software and hardware implementations, a section on
- configuration hints and a list of frequently asked questions and
- answers on them.
- It should be read by anybody interested in connecting to Internet
- via serial lines, and by anybody wanting to post to
- comp.protocols.ppp (before he/she does it!)
- Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu comp.protocols.ppp:3272 news.answers:17784 comp.answers:4805
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- Archive-name: ppp-faq/part5
- Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
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- URL: http://cs.uni-bonn.de/ppp/part5.html
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- 5. FREE PPP SOFTWARE PACKAGES
-
- Free PPP FOR SunOS 4.1.x
-
- Free PPP for BSD
-
- Free PPP for SVR4
-
- Free PPP for MSDOS
-
- Free PPP for AmigaOS
-
- Free PPP for NeXT
-
- Free PPP for Macintosh
-
- Free PPP for Ultrix
-
- Free PPP for Linux
-
- 5.1 free PPP FOR SunOS 4.1.x
-
- 5.1.1A PPP-2.0
-
- Author Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au>,
- Brad Parker <brad@FCR.COM> and contributors
-
- FTP archives dcssoft.anu.edu.au:/pub/ppp/ ppp-2.0.tar.Z
-
- Self-Description PPP version 2.0 is now available by anonymous FTP
- from dcssoft.anu.edu.au, in file
- /pub/ppp/ppp-2.0.tar.Z. The main change from
- ppp-1.3.1 is that the new release contains a
- substantially improved version of pppd. New
- features in pppd include:
-
- Vastly improved security and authentication features
-
- Conforms to RFCs 1331, 1332, 1334
-
- Reads options from files as well as the command line
-
- Does proxy-ARP and default route creation if requested
-
- Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au>
-
- 5.1.1B PPP-1.3FIXED
-
- Author Brad Parker and contributors
-
- FTP archives
-
- dcssoft.anu.edu.au:/pub/paulus/ppp-1.3.tar.Z
-
- Comments
-
- ...actually one of the authors of ppp-1.2 (brad@fcr.com)
- incorporated changes to ppp-1.2 and released it as ppp-1.3,
- then both I and Paul Mackerras (cs.anu.edu.au) found two bugs
- in the ppp-1.3 release, and so now there is ppp-1.3.fixed!!!
-
- cam@claircom.com (Cameron Elliott)
-
-
-
- Features server,client, vj header compression,
-
- 5.1.2 DP-2.3
-
- Authors Kirk Smith , peter.galvaby@micromuse.ac.uk
- and others
-
- Features demand-dial, filtering, header compression,
- server and client, scripting;
- SunOS loadable modules partially supported
-
- Comment basically dp-2.2-beta with typos corrected and
- non-sun4c kernel
- architecture supported (tested on sun4c, sun4m and
- sun3
- machines, but has problems on sun3x
- architectures). It has a
- configuration file, which tells where the other
- configuration
- files are. Loadable modules work as long as you
- don't unload
- them. Finally survives even talk(1) without
- crashing the
- machine. If you see older versions, especially
- dp-2.0.tar.Z, toss them immediately!
-
- Plans Solaris 2.1 (sunos 5.1) is supported in the
- dp-3.0 version (see chapter SVR4).
-
- Mailing list maintainer
- ks@phoenix.acn.purdue.edu
-
- Mailing-list dp-list@phoenix.acn.purdue.edu (don't send 'add'
- or 'delete' requests here!!!
-
- FTP archive
- ftp@phoenix.acn.purdue.edu:pub/
-
- 5.1.3 PERKINS/CLEMENTS/FOX/CHRISTY PPP FOR SUNOS
-
- Last version patch level 6 of 1991-10-04
-
- Anonymous FTP [not cited to protect the innocent]
-
- Comment should be considered out of date. You need at
- least a special patch to fix
- most of a memory leak, and might have other
- problems. Successor
- packages are dp-2.3/3.0 and
- ppp-1.2.
-
- 5.2 free PPP for BSD:
-
- 5.2.1 PPP-2.0
-
- see above.
-
- 5.3 free PPP for SVR4
-
- 5.3.1 ...FOR GENERIC SVR4
-
- [det@hawkmoon.mn.org (Derek Terveer) was] "... contacted by the author
- of the PPP for SVR4 package that I was distributing from my
- mailserver@hawkmoon.mn.org and asked to stop. This package was an early
- beta version that wasn't intended for general consumption. ..."
-
- 5.3.2 ...SUNOS 5.X/SOLARIS 2.X
-
- dp-3.0 (Solaris 2.x version of dp-2.3)
-
- dp-3.0 has been out for quite a while. It works with Solaris 2.1 (for
- anyone foolish enough to still be running it), 2.2 and 2.3.
-
- "...It is much more stable and better behaved than the Solaris 2.3 ppp
- from Sun...." (Larry Williamson <larry@mitra.com>)
-
- 5.4 Free PPP for MSDOS
-
- 5.4.1 WG7J NOS (JNOS) PPP ADDITIONS:
-
- Johan Reinalda (WG7J) did a lot of additions/improvements to the KA9Q
- for MSDOS. One of them seems to be that PPP is working, finally. Get
- version 1.08 and up.
-
- Authors Phil Karn (KA9Q), Johan Reinalda (WG7J), with
- additions from lots of others. PPP code written by
- Katie Stevens of UC Davis, based on the original
- implementation by Drew Perkins of CMU. Updated by
- Bill Simpson and Glenn McGregor of the University
- of Michigan.
-
- Features server, client, scripting, redial,
-
- Public FTP sites:
-
- wg7j.ece.orst.edu:/public/108/
-
- ucsd.edu:hamradio/packet/tcpip/wg7j/
-
- idefix.cs.uni-bonn.de:/pub/pppnos.exe [Executable; not available at
- the moment]
-
- Comment There is a entry in the configuration recipes
- section.
-
- 5.4.2 PPP PACKET DRIVER INTERFACE
-
- Ftp archive merit.edu:pub/ppp/ncsappp.zip
-
- Com been able to use the NCSA telnet
- packet driver,
- however, I could not use ftp with that, so I
- gave it up some months
- ago."
-
- kim@MorningStar.Com (Kim Toms)
-
- I had no problems with it. For a solution to an
- interoperability
- problem, see above.
-
- i.s.
-
- Very incomplete features
- client only
-
- 5.5 Free PPP for AmigaOS
-
- 5.5.1 AMIGANOS (KA9Q NOS PORT TO AMIGA)
-
- Mailing-list-maintainer
- amiga-slip-request@ccs.carelton.ca
-
- FAQ posting comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, every 21 days
-
- Author JOHN_H@fs2.mcc.ac.uk (John Heaton)
-
- Public ftp archive ftp.demon.co.uk: /pub/amiga/setup/setupv4.lha
- 419364 bytes (Setup for newcomers;
-
- Note that this contains some information which is
- quite
-
- specific for the demon.co.uk site only)
- /pub/amiga/anos/anos29k.lha 196742 bytes (if you
- already have an
- earlier version of setup and just need AmigaNOS
- 2.9k. Also on
- wuarchive.wus
- tl.edu:/mirrors3/ka9q/amiga/anos29k.lha
-
- Help File
- wuarchive.wustl.edu:/sys
- tems/amiga/incoming/text/AmigaNOS-help-V2.lha or
- ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/amiga/setup/AmigaNOS-help-V
- 2.lha
-
- Comments AmigaNOS2.9k.lha contains PPP as well as SLIP.
- Seems to be a
- rfc1171 like implementation, enhanced with a
- few rfc1331/2
- features (like most other implementations I
- know of)
-
- 5.5.2 PPP.DEVICE FOR SANA2 COMPATIBLE NETWORK PACKAGES
- (AS225, AMITCP, ENVOY)
-
- There is no such beast. Yes, I'm sure. Should I ever hear, read or see
- such a thing, I'll insert pointers to it immediately into this document.
-
- To be precise, I know of two people, who are working on an
- implementation/port of ppp to the Sana-II interface. You should read
- about a beta-test volunteer call any month know in the newsgroup
- comp.protocols.ppp and comp.sys.amiga.datacomm.
-
- 5.6 Free PPP for NeXT
-
- Public ftp archive merit.edu:pub/ppp/next-ppp0.2.tar.Z
-
- Author miron@cs.sfu.ca (Miron S. Cuperman)
-
- Comment The author claimed: I heard that it doesn't work
- with 3.0.
- I haven't looked at it myself.
- It's just a straight port of ppp-1.1. It works
- with NeXTStep
- 2.1. It is based on the BSD part of ppp-1.1,
- but with header
- compression integrated. I'm not
- currently supporting (or even using) it.
- But dstrout@sun.REST.TASC.COM (Dave Strout via
- MacPPP and Eudora) claims that:
-
- "I have gotten the next-ppp0.2 to work just
- fine under NeXTStep 3.0. I have only tried
- MacPPP running against it, but telnet,
- eudora, and GopherApp all work fine.
- FTP does not work at 2400bps, but does at 9600.
- dave."
-
- 5.7 free PPP for Macintosh
-
- -MacPPP 2.0.1 from Merit Network, Inc. and the University of Michigan
-
- Author ljb@merit.edu (Larry Blunk)
-
- Public ftp archive
- merit.edu:pub/ppp/mac/...
-
- Status macppp2.0.1.hqx
- seems to be the newest binary release. There are
- also sources.
- From the 'Installing
- MacPPP' document: "...MacPPP 1.1 [as well as
- 2.0.1] is a Line Access
- Protocol (LAP mdev) driver for MacTCP. This
- version does not
- support AppleTalk over PPP.
-
- MacPPP requires MacTCP 1.1 or higher, Macintosh
- System 6.0.5
- or higher, and a Hayes-compatible modem for
- dial-in
- connections. You can also use MacPPP over
- hardwired asynchrounous
- connections, ..."
-
- Comment There's an entry in the
- configuration section above. There are
- PostScript
- and text
- installation documents at the ftp site. Although
- these
- date back to the 1.1.x releases, they're still
- useful for
- installing MacPPP 2.0.1.
-
- For a workaround for a MacPPP
- 2.0.1 on non-US System 6, look into the
- configuration section, too
-
- 5.8 free PPP for Ultrix
-
- -ppp-1.2a2
-
- author
- sundstrom@stkhlm.enet.dec.com (Per Sundstrom) and
- robert@robur.slu.se (Robert Olsson)
-
- Public ftp archive
- ftp.sunet.se, dir /pub/network/ppp, file
-
- ppp-1.2a2.tar.Z
-
- Self-description "Since no one else is doing it... Here is
- straight a port of
- ppp-1.2 to ultrix. No warranties.
-
- The boxes we used were Personal Decstation 20 and
- DS 3100
- with Ultrix 4.3.
-
- ppp is tested with Cisco Cs-500 and macppp1.1.3
-
- Follow installation instructions in ultrix
- directory."
-
- Status ... The installation procedure to ppp-1.2a was
- incorrect. A patch to pseudo_data.c was forgotten
- resulting in that pppattach() was not called at
- system boot. There is a updated version in
- ftp.sunet.se:/pub/network/ppp/ppp-1.2a1 with a
- updated INST.NOTES and pseudo_data.c.diff.
-
- robert@pinus.slu.se (Robert Olsson)
-
- in the newsgroup.
-
- 5.9 free PPP for Linux
-
- ALPHA PPP for Linux Version 0.1.4/0.1.5
-
-
- linux-ppp-0.1.5.tgz kernel files
- pppd-0.1.4.tgz pppd source and binary
-
- Author Michael Callahan <callahan@maths.ox.ac.uk> or
- <michael@gang.umass.edu>
-
- pumass.edu, directory /user/michael
-
- self-description This version should work with any kernel from
- pl13 onward, although I've tested it only with
- pl13p. (Time for me to upgrade!) You should also
- pick up "chat" here or from Sunsite, which is a
- useful little scripting tool compiled by Al
- Longyear. In general, you should pick up the
- highest-numbered versions of
- linux-ppp-M.N.P.tgz pppd-M.N.Q.tgz A pppd
- daemon with version number M.N.Q will work with
- the kernel driver M.N.P; when an change occurs to
- the interface between the user-level code and the
- kernel code I'll always change one of the first
- two parts of the version number.
-
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-
- --
- --
- Ignatios Souvatzis
- -
- Solaris 2.1: it's slow, needs 200M of disk space and comes without C compiler,
- which makes it remarkably close to MS-Windows. oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu
-