<sect1 id="connectivity-dialup-overview">

    <title>Overview</title>

    <para>

        This chapter describes how you can use the Point-to-Point

        Protocol (PPP) to create collaborative networks in situations

        the telephone network is the only medium for data transmission

        you and your friends have access to.  The operating system

        used by both server and client computers will be &TC;; release

        5.5<footnote>

        <para>

            I want to thank my friend Manual Chavez Manzano (Manny)

            for finding a way to download this release of &TC;; and

            bring it to me as a gift.

        </para>

        </footnote> (even higher releases might be used too). The

        configuration described in this book doesn't use third party

        software. All the software needed in this configuration is

        available inside &TC;;.

    </para>

</sect1>