RedHat 4.1 PPP config - resolution

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

John Abreau wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 JA> I'm not sure if I really needed "name pjabr" at all; I'm 
 JA> guessing that the "name" option has to do with PAP/CHAP 
 JA> authentication, which Ziplink apparently doesn't use.

Right.  PPP uses three kinds of logins: text session, PAP, and CHAP.  The
Windows 95 default is PAP, so most places support it.  For PAP, the user name
is supplied as "name" and the password is supplied as "secret."

 JA>  "noipdefault" tells pppd not to provide a default local
 JA> IP address;

Offerring an IP address of 0.0.0.0 is the official standard mechanism.
 
-- Mike