MPD MULTI-LINK PPP DAEMON FOR FREEBSD Release 1.0b5 Written by Archie Cobbs Based on IIJ-PPP by Toshiharu OHNO Please see the CHANGES file if you are updating from mpd-1.0b3. * WHAT IS IT? A user-mode PPP daemon based on iij-ppp which supports multi-link PPP. It is a complete re-write of the original iij-ppp code. * HOW STABLE IS IT? Most of this code has been thoroughly tested. Some parts, such as compression, have not been tested very much at all. However, the core of the daemon is very solid. * HOW DO I BUILD AND INSTALL IT? cd src make depend all install * HOW DO I SET IT UP? You will need to create your own versions of the four required configuration files in /etc/ppp: mpd.conf - General configuration mpd.links - Description of available links mpd.script - Modem scripts mpd.secret - Login/password pairs If you're familiar with iij-ppp, the configuration method is similar: commands are read from a file. Check the "conf" subdirectory for configuration file examples. Then append the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf and create an empty /var/log/mpd.log file to get proper logging: !mpd *.* /var/log/mpd.log Add a corresponding line to /etc/newsyslog.conf as well to get proper log rotation. If you want to start it as a background daemon at boot time, add the appropriate line to /etc/rc.local, e.g.: echo -n " mpd" ; /usr/local/bin/mpd -b * WHAT'S THE COPYRIGHT STATUS? Berkeley style: see ``COPYRIGHT.iij'' and ``COPYRIGHT.whistle''. * WHERE CAN I READ MORE ABOUT IT? In the "docs" directory is a preliminary man page and some other assorted stuff. In the "conf" directory are example configuration files with descriptive comments. * WHERE CAN I GO FOR HELP? Email me any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.