<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Getting the software together</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.52"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux PPP HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Setting up a PPP server" HREF="ppp-server.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Overview of the server system" HREF="x1516.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Setting up standard (shell access) dialup." HREF="x1547.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><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="x1516.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 28. Setting up a PPP server</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x1547.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN1535" >28.3. Getting the software together</A ></H1 ><P >You will need the following software:- <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >Linux, properly compiled to include the necessary options.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >The appropriate version of pppd for your kernel.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >A 'getty' program that intelligently handles modem communications. We use getty_ps2.0.7h, but mgetty is highly thought of. I understand that mgetty can detect a call that is using pap/chap (pap is the standard for Windows95) and invoke pppd automatically, but I have yet to explore this.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >An operational domain name server (DNS) that is accessible to your dial up users. You should really be running your own DNS if possible...</P ></LI ></UL > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x1516.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x1547.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Overview of the server system</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ppp-server.html" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Setting up standard (shell access) dialup.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >