X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=5b67ae0e8912361ab2030933463a6aae3d9288ba;hp=d5e8421a16caa7fb61df1efafcd6a35c7c5bbec4;hb=1d80f42e7fee2db352e176d52219bf42e11d2eb4;hpb=120b6a7624bf435665023adf55861f787c8d08c9;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index d5e8421..5b67ae0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ This is the README file for ppp-2.3, a package which implements the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to provide Internet connections over serial lines. -In this first beta release, the ports for SunOS, Solaris, NetBSD and -Digital Unix (OSF/1) are believed to be working correctly. The Linux -port mostly works, but still has some known bugs (demand dialling -doesn't work correctly). The remaining ports haven't been tested -extensively. The NeXTStep port is not included here since it hasn't -been updated from 2.2 yet. For information on its current status, see -http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/. - Introduction. ************* @@ -73,7 +65,8 @@ What's new in ppp-2.3. * Demand-dialling. Pppd now has a mode where it will establish the network interface immediately when it starts, but not actually bring the link up until it sees some data to be sent. Look for the demand -option description in the pppd man page. +option description in the pppd man page. Demand-dialling is not +supported under Ultrix or NeXTStep. * Idle timeout. Pppd will optionally terminate the link if no data packets are sent or received within a certain time interval. @@ -140,29 +133,24 @@ removed from the Makefiles. Contacts. ********* -Bugs in the the SunOS, Solaris 2, NetBSD and Ultrix ports, and bugs in -pppd, chat or pppstats should be reported me at: - - email: Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au - - mail: Dr Paul Mackerras - Dept. of Computer Science - Australian National University - Canberra ACT 0200 - AUSTRALIA - - fax: +61-6-249-0010 - -Bugs in other ports should be reported to the maintainer for that port -(see the appropriate README.* file) or to me. +The comp.protocols.ppp newsgroup is a useful place to get help if you +have trouble getting your ppp connections to work. Please do not send +me questions of the form "please help me get connected to my ISP" - +I'm sorry, but I simply do not have the time to answer all the +questions like this that I get. -Thanks to: +If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer +for the port for the operating system you are using: - Brad Parker (brad@fcr.com) - Greg Christy (gmc@quotron.com) - Drew D. Perkins (ddp@andrew.cmu.edu) - Rick Adams (rick@seismo.ARPA) - Chris Torek (chris@mimsy.umd.edu, umcp-cs!chris). +Digital Unix (OSF/1) Farrell Woods +Linux Al Longyear +NetBSD Matthew Green +NeXTStep Steve Perkins +Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras +SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras +System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz +Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) Copyrights: @@ -179,4 +167,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.7 1996/08/28 06:30:32 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.8 1997/05/22 06:43:44 paulus Exp $)