Re: PPP via telnet

John Storms (jstorms@livingston.com)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:55:28 -0700

At 07:42 AM 8/25/97 -0700, Jason Godsey wrote:
>
>is it possible to have the pm3 establish a ppp connection via telnet? I
>am currently trying to do it via pppd in bsb but cannot seem to get the
>routing correct

The reason this will not work is because Telnet is a network application
that requires a TCP socket. In order to have a TCP socket you must have a
network connection which is obtained by negotiating PPP. So your prblem
have a "which comes first, the chicken or the egg?" syndrome.

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