Before You Begin

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The Name Server address will also be provided by the ISP upon request. This

address allows the system to convert domain names into IP addresses, so that

you will only need to remember something like ftp.debian.org, instead of

130.207.7.21.

Debian now provides a utility called pppconfig, which is used during the instal 

lation to configure the PPP connection. This program uses the  peer method 

of configuring the ppp daemon. This allows the configuration of several PPP

connections to satisfy the various ISP or work and school related connections.

For each peer you will need the previously discussed information about that

connection. pppconfig will let you construct a new peer configuration as well as

editing an existing peer. This script constructs a peer based options file linked

with a chat script for that peer along with a possible papsecrets file. These

files allow the PPP daemon to make a proper connection to the designated

peer.

In addition to the configuration script there are two scripts, pon and poff pro 

vided for starting your various peer connections. To start the ppp connection

simply enter the command pon , while poff will shut down the connec 

tion when you are finished with it.

You should now have all the information you need to begin the installation.