<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Overview of what has to be done to get PPP working as a client</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux PPP HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Other Problems" HREF="x459.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Obtaining/Installing the software" HREF="x467.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" ><A HREF="http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp" TARGET="_top" >Linux PPP HOWTO</A ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x459.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x467.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="AEN463">Chapter 9. Overview of what has to be done to get PPP working as a client</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="x467.html" >Obtaining/Installing the software</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="x474.html" >Compiling PPP support into the kernel</A ></DT ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="x492.html" >Obtaining information from your ISP</A ></DT ><DT >9.4. <A HREF="x499.html" >Configuring your modem and serial port</A ></DT ><DT >9.5. <A HREF="x505.html" >Setting up Name to Address Resolution (DNS)</A ></DT ><DT >9.6. <A HREF="x521.html" >PPP and root Privileges</A ></DT ><DT >9.7. <A HREF="x526.html" >Checking your distribution PPP Files and setting up the PPP Options</A ></DT ><DT >9.8. <A HREF="x537.html" >If your PPP server uses PAP (Password Authentication Protocol)</A ></DT ><DT >9.9. <A HREF="x545.html" >Connecting to the PPP server by hand</A ></DT ><DT >9.10. <A HREF="x550.html" >Automating your PPP Connection</A ></DT ><DT >9.11. <A HREF="x557.html" >Shutting down the link</A ></DT ><DT >9.12. <A HREF="x562.html" >If you have problems</A ></DT ><DT >9.13. <A HREF="x570.html" >After the link comes up</A ></DT ><DT >9.14. <A HREF="x577.html" >Problems with standard IP services on a Dynamic IP number PPP link</A ></DT ><DT >9.15. <A HREF="x582.html" >Maintaining a permanent connection to the net with <EM >pppd</EM >.</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><P >This document contains a great deal of information - and with each version it grows!</P ><P >As a consequence, this section aims to provide a concise overview of the actions you will need to take to get your Linux system connected as a client to a PPP server.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x459.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x467.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Other Problems</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Obtaining/Installing the software</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >