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.
*************
details.
+What's new in ppp-2.3.1.
+************************
+
+* Enhancements to chat, thanks to Francis Demierre. Chat can now
+accept comments in the chat script file, and has new SAY, HANGUP,
+CLR_ABORT and CLR_REPORT keywords.
+
+* Fixed a bug which causes 2.3.0 to crash Solaris systems.
+
+* Bug-fixes and restructuring of the Linux kernel driver.
+
+* The holdoff behaviour of pppd has been changed slightly: now, if
+the link comes up for IP (or other network protocol) traffic, we
+consider that the link has been successfully established, and don't
+enforce the holdoff period after the link goes down.
+
+* Pppd should now correctly wait for CD (carrier detect) from the
+modem, even when the serial port initially had CLOCAL set, and it
+should also detect loss of CD during or immediately after the
+connection script runs.
+
+* Under linux, pppd will work with older 2.2.0* version kernel
+drivers, although demand-dialling is not supported with them.
+
+* Minor bugfixes for pppd.
+
+
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.
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 <ftw@zk3.dec.com>
+Linux Al Longyear <longyear@pobox.com>
+NetBSD Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au
+FreeBSD Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM>
+NeXTStep Steve Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu>
+Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz <Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de>
+Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
Copyrights:
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
-($Id: README,v 1.7 1996/08/28 06:30:32 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.9 1997/07/14 03:48:52 paulus Exp $)
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