Re: [WinMac] PPP-callback and -LCP extensions

From: Bruce Johnson (johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 14:13:28 PDT

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Matti Haveri wrote:
> Our IT department is installing a PPP modem- and ISDN-server with
> callback (for security reasons). They are Windows only and I'm concerned
> about our Mac users' ability to use the service.
>
> The IT staff told me to use DHCP and PPP's LCP extensions. DHCP should
> be easy via the TCP/IP control Panel.
>
> But where can I enable PPP's LCP extensions? I couldn't find them in
> Remote Access Control Panel. Or are they automagically active in Mac OS
> 9? Do I have to hack a PPP connect script??
>
> Does Mac OS 9 PPP software support modem- and ISDN-callback?? Do I have
> to buy 3rd party PPP software?
>

Free-PPP supports LCP, and the Apple Knowledge base is bog-slow right
now, so I can't answer about that right now.

-- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group

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