<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The VPN HOWTO : Look at what's happening: </TITLE> <LINK HREF="VPN-6.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="VPN-4.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="VPN.html#toc5" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="VPN-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="VPN-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="VPN.html#toc5">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s5">5. Look at what's happening: </A></H2> <P> <P>The master logs in into the slave, starts pppd, and redirects this all thing into a local pty. It consists of the following steps: <UL> <LI>allocating a new pty </LI> <LI>sshing into the slave </LI> <LI>running pppd on the slave </LI> <LI>the master runs pppd in this local pty </LI> <LI>and sets up the routing table on the client. </LI> </UL> <P>There are (not very tight) timing considerations involved, this is why that 'sleep 10s'. <HR> <A HREF="VPN-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="VPN-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="VPN.html#toc5">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
