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Managing Serial Networks Using UUCP and PPP in Oracle Solaris 11.1     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Solaris PPP 4.0 (Overview)

2.  Planning for the PPP Link (Tasks)

Overall PPP Planning (Task Map)

Planning a Dial-up PPP Link

Before You Set Up the Dial-out Machine

Before You Set Up the Dial-in Server

Example of a Configuration for Dial-up PPP

Where to Go for More Information About Dial-up PPP

Planning a Leased-Line Link

Before You Set Up the Leased-Line Link

Hardware That Is Needed for a Leased-Line Link

Information to Be Gathered for the Leased-Line Link

Example of a Configuration for a Leased-Line Link

Where to Go for More Information About Leased Lines

Planning for Authentication on a Link

Before You Set Up PPP Authentication

Examples of PPP Authentication Configurations

Example of a Configuration Using PAP Authentication

Example of a Configuration Using CHAP Authentication

Where to Go for More Information About Authentication

Planning for DSL Support Over a PPPoE Tunnel

Before You Set Up a PPPoE Tunnel

Before Configuring a PPPoE Client

Before Configuring a PPPoE Server

Example of a Configuration for a PPPoE Tunnel

Example of a PPPoE Client Configuration

Example of a PPPoE Server Configuration

Where to Get More Information About PPPoE

3.  Setting Up a Dial-up PPP Link (Tasks)

4.  Setting Up a Leased-Line PPP Link (Tasks)

5.  Setting Up PPP Authentication (Tasks)

6.  Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks)

7.  Fixing Common PPP Problems (Tasks)

8.  Solaris PPP 4.0 (Reference)

9.  Migrating From Asynchronous Solaris PPP to Solaris PPP 4.0 (Tasks)

10.  UUCP (Overview)

11.  Administering UUCP (Tasks)

12.  UUCP (Reference)

Index

Planning for DSL Support Over a PPPoE Tunnel

Some DSL providers require you to set up PPPoE tunneling for your site in order to run PPP over the providers' DSL lines and high-speed digital networks. For an overview of PPPoE, see Support for DSL Users Through PPPoE.

A PPPoE tunnel involves three participants: a consumer, a telephone company, and an ISP. You either configure PPPoE for consumers, such as PPPoE clients at your company or consumers in their homes, or you configure PPPoE on a server at an ISP.

This section contains planning information for running PPPoE on both clients and access servers. The following topics are covered:

For tasks about setting up a PPPoE tunnel, see Chapter 6, Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks).

Before You Set Up a PPPoE Tunnel

Your preconfiguration activities depend on whether you configure the client side or server side of the tunnel. In either instance, you or your organization must contract with a telephone company. The telephone company provides the DSL lines for clients, and some form of bridging and possibly an ATM pipe for access servers. In most contracts, the telephone company assembles its equipment at your site.

Before Configuring a PPPoE Client

PPPoE client implementations usually consist of the following equipment:

Many different DSL configurations are possible, which depend on the user or corporation's needs and the services that are offered by the provider.

Table 2-6 Planning for PPPoE Clients

Information
Action
If setting up a home PPPoE client for an individual or yourself, get any setup information that is outside the scope of PPPoE.
Ask the telephone company or ISP for any required setup procedures.
If setting up PPPoE clients at a corporate site, gather the names of users who are being assigned PPPoE client systems. If you configure remote PPPoE clients, you might be responsible for giving users information about adding home DSL equipment.
Ask management at your company for a list of authorized users.
Find out which interfaces are available on the PPPoE client.
Run the ipadm show-addr command on each machine for interface names.
(Optional) Obtain the password for the PPPoE client.
Ask users for their preferred passwords. Or, assign passwords to the users. Note that this password is used for link authentication, not for UNIX login.

Before Configuring a PPPoE Server

Planning for a PPPoE access server involves working with the telephone company that provides your connection to its data service network. The telephone company installs its lines, often ATM pipes, at your site, and provides some sort of bridging into your access server. You need to configure the Ethernet interfaces that access the services that your company provides. For example, you need to configure interfaces for Internet access, as well as the Ethernet interfaces from the telephone company's bridge.

Table 2-7 Planning for a PPPoE Access Server

Information
Action
Interfaces that are used for lines from data service network
Run the ipadm show-addr command to identify interfaces.
Types of services to provide from the PPPoE server
Ask management and network planners for their requirements and suggestions.
(Optional) Types of services to provide to the consumers
Ask management and network planners for their requirements and suggestions.
(Optional) Host names and passwords for remote clients
Ask network planners and other individuals at your site who are responsible for contract negotiations. The host names and passwords are used for PAP or CHAP authentication, not for UNIX login.

Example of a Configuration for a PPPoE Tunnel

This section contains an example of a PPPoE tunnel, which is used as an illustration for the tasks in Chapter 6, Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks). Though the illustration shows all participants in the tunnel, you only administer one end, either the client side or server side.

Figure 2-5 Example of a PPPoE Tunnel

image:The graphic shows an example of a PPPoE tunnel to be used in tasks, as explained in the next context.

In the sample, MiddleCo wants to provide its employees with high-speed Internet access. MiddleCo buys a DSL package from Phone East, which, in turn, contracts with service provider Far ISP. Far ISP offers Internet and other IP services to customers who buy DSL from Phone East.

Example of a PPPoE Client Configuration

MiddleCo buys a package from Phone East that provides one DSL line for the site. The package includes a dedicated, authenticated connection to the ISP for MiddleCo's PPPoE clients. The system administrator cables the prospective PPPoE clients to a hub. Technicians from Phone East cable the hub to their DSL equipment.

Example of a PPPoE Server Configuration

To implement the business arrangement FarISP has with Phone East, the system administrator at FarISP configures the access server dslserve. This server has the following four interfaces:

Where to Get More Information About PPPoE

Choose from the following: