<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >What options should I use? (No PAP/CHAP)</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux PPP HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Setting up the PPP connection files" HREF="options.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="The supplied options.tpl file" HREF="x964.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Other options to consider adding" HREF="x980.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" 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="x964.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 15. Setting up the PPP connection files</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x980.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN970">15.2. What options should I use? (No PAP/CHAP)</H1 ><P >Well, as in all things, that depends, (sigh). The options specified here should work with most servers.</P ><P >However, if it does NOT work, READ THE TEMPLATE FILE (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >/etc/ppp/options.tpl</TT >) <EM >and</EM > the pppd man pages <EM >and</EM > speak to the sysadmin/user support people who run the server to which you are connecting.</P ><P >You should also note that the connect scripts presented here also use some command line options to pppd to make things a bit easier to change.</P ><P > <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ># /etc/ppp/options (NO PAP/CHAP) # # Prevent pppd from forking into the background -detach # # use the modem control lines modem # use uucp style locks to ensure exclusive access to the serial device lock # use hardware flow control crtscts # create a default route for this connection in the routing table defaultroute # do NOT set up any "escaped" control sequences asyncmap 0 # use a maximum transmission packet size of 552 bytes mtu 552 # use a maximum receive packet size of 552 bytes mru 552 # #-------END OF SAMPLE /etc/ppp/options (no PAP/CHAP)</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </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="x964.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="x980.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >The supplied options.tpl file</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="options.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Other options to consider adding</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >