I am new to this stuff but it seems to me that somehow I have to tell pppd that it has to use my Ethernet card and not a serial device. That is, I need the pppd output to go into my Ethernet "network" (which is only composed from my machine and the router), and not to a modem or other low speed RS232 (or compatible) device.
If I got it correctly, what the VPN-HOWTO does is creating a pseudo, or virtual network when it has an underlying real network. In fact, it is using an existing network to create a virtual network above it. My problem, putting it in a simplifying manner, is that I have the wires that connect the machine but do not have the real network above it. Or am I wrong ? As it seems to me now, I will either have to start learning the PPP source, or get myself another router. BTW: How can root put raw data on the Ethernet device ? If there is no /dev for it, then how can someone open this device ? > On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Peter Palfrader aka Weasel wrote: > > > > > Feel free to reply with RTFM since I haven't done so yet. Your mail was > > just a good oportunity to get into it. > > since you allow it :-)), VPN-HOWTO (mini) maybe is what you want. > > > []s, > Mario O.de Menezes "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but > IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" > http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >