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>Linux PPP HOWTO</A
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NAME="AEN189"
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>Chapter 6. Other Useful/Important Documents</A
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><P
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>Users are advised to read :-
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<P
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><LI
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><P
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>The documentation that comes with the PPP package.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>The pppd and chat man pages;
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(use <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>man chat</TT
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> and <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>man pppd</TT
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> to explore these.)</P
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><LI
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><P
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>The Linux Network Administration Guide (NAG);
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see <A
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HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/LDP/nag/nag.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>The Network Administrators' Guide</A
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>.</P
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><LI
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><P
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>The Net-2/3 HOWTO;
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see <A
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HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/NET3-4-HOWTO.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Linux Networking-HOWTO</A
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>.</P
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><LI
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><P
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>Linux kernel documentation installed in
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>/usr/src/linux/Documentation</TT
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> when you install the Linux source
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code.</P
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><P
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>The modem setup information page - see <A
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HREF="http://www.in.net/info/modems/index.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Modem Setup Information</A
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>.</P
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><LI
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><P
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>The excellent Unix/Linux books published by O'Reilly and
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Associates. See (<A
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HREF=" http://www.ora.com/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>O'Reilly and Associates On-Line Catalogue</A
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>). If you are new
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to Unix/Linux, <I
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CLASS="EMPHASIS"
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>run</I
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> (don't walk) to your nearest computer book shop
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and invest in a number of these immediately!</P
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>The PPP-FAQ maintained by Al Longyear, available from <A
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HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/PPP-FAQ/PPP-FAQ"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Linux PPP-FAQ</A
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>.
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This contains a great deal of useful information in question/answer
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format that is very useful when working out why PPP is not working
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(properly).</P
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><LI
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>The growing number of Linux books from various publishing houses and
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authors;
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You are actively encouraged to check the currency of these
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books. Linux development and distributions tend to evolve fairly
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rapidly, whilst the revision of books move (generally) much more slowly!
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Buying an excellent book (and there are many) that is now out of date
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will cause new users considerable confusion and frustration.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>The documentation associated with the PPP tool(s) you are using
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The package specific documentation, usually easily available, is
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often the most useful when dealing with a specific tool.</P
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></LI
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> </P
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><P
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>The best general starting point for Linux documentation is <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org"
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TARGET="_top"
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>The Linux Documentation Project Home Page</A
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>. The HOWTO's tend to be revised reasonably regularly.</P
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><P
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>Whilst you can use this document to create your PPP link without reading
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any of these documents, you will have a far better understanding of what
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is going on if you do so! You will also be able to address problems
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yourself (or at least ask more intelligent questions on the
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comp.os.linux... newsgroups or Linux mailing lists).</P
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><P
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>These documents (as well as various others, including the relevant RFCs)
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provide additional and more detailed explanation than is possible in
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this HOWTO.</P
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><P
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>If you are connecting a LAN to the Internet using PPP, you will need
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to know a reasonable amount about TCP/IP networking. In addition to the
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documents above, you will find the O'Reilly books "TCP/IP Network Administration"
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and "Building Internet Firewalls" of considerable benefit!</P
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><A
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NAME="AEN227"
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>6.1. Useful Linux Mailing Lists</A
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><P
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>There are many Linux mailing lists that operate as a means of communication
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between users of many levels of ability. By all means subscribe to those
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that interest you and contribute your expertise and views.</P
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><P
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>A word to the wise</I
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>: some lists are specifically aimed at "high powered"
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users and/or specific topics. Whilst no-one will complain if you 'lurk'
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(subscribe but don't post messages), you are likely to earn heated
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comments (if not outright flames) if you post 'newbie' questions to
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inappropriate lists.</P
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>This is not because guru level users hate new users, but because these
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lists are there to handle the specific issues at particular levels of
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difficulty.</P
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>By all means join the lists that offer open subscription, but keep your
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comments relevant to the subject of the list!</P
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><P
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>A good starting point for Linux mailing lists is
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<A
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HREF="http://oslab.snu.ac.kr/~djshin/linux/mail-list/index.shtml"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Linux Mailing List Directory</A
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