ANNOUNCE: gnome-ppp 0.2

[Jay Painter <jpaint serv net>]

CVS gnome-network now contains what I hope is a stable, but feature
incomplete, gnome-ppp.  It would be helpful for me to get feedback from
people who can't use it to connect because of some missing feature.

If you don't want to bother with CVS, I've put together a stand-alone
source distribution at:

http://www.serv.net/~jpaint/gnomeppp.html

Since I don't have any help written yet, here are a few usage hints:
  * make sure you clear out your /etc/ppp/options file, but don't
    remove it!  Leave a blank file there, or pppd will barf.

  * The 'Remote Name' field under the 'Authentication' tab is used
    to refer to your CHAP/PAP remotename id.  If you use it for CHAP/PAP
    connections, then the 'User ID' field needs to be the same as your
    CHAP/PAP remotename.

  * DNS entries are added to your /etc/resolv.conf file only if it is
    writeable by the gnome-ppp application; otherwise it silently
    skips that step.

  * there is currently a functioning, but limited command-line interface.
    If you have the account name: 'serv.net' set up, then you can
    do a command-line dial by: gnome-ppp -cd 'serv.net'

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Jay Painter -- jpaint@serv.net -- jpaint@gimp.org -- jpaint@real.com
http://www.serv.net/~jpaint