diff --git a/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Connectivity/Ppp/overview.docbook b/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Connectivity/Ppp/overview.docbook index b249365..de2356f 100644 --- a/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Connectivity/Ppp/overview.docbook +++ b/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Connectivity/Ppp/overview.docbook @@ -6,18 +6,50 @@ This chapter describes how you can use the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to create collaborative networks in situations where the telephone network is the only medium you and your - friends have access to. The operating system used by both - server and client computers will be &TCD; release - 5.5 + friends have access to. With PPP you can prepare a server + computer to provide internet services for client computers + that use the telephone network as medium for data transmition. + The configuration described here can be thought as one client + computer that establishes connection to a server computer in + order to use the internet services it provides, however, based + on this concept, other configuration are also possible to + satisfy situations where more than two computers need to be + involved. + + + + The operating system used by both server and client computers + will be &TCD; release 5.5 - I want to thank my friend Manual Chavez Manzano (Manny) - for finding a way to download this release of &TCD; and - bring it to me as a gift. + Thank to my friend Manual Chavez Manzano (Manny) for + finding a way to download this release of &TCD; and bring + it to me as a gift when I was completly isolated from + Internet without any possibility of downloading it by + myself. - (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 &TCD;. + . The configuration described in this book doesn't + use third party software. All the software needed in this + configuration is available inside &TCD;. In case you are + using a different operating system in your client computer, + you'll need to look the appropriate application your operating + system provides to establish PPP connections and configure it + to establish connection with the server computer described in + . Generally, the + most you need to establish connection with the server computer + is a telephone number and the credentials for authentication, + if any. + + + + In this chapter you'll find how to configure your client + computer to dial-up the server computer automatically when + client applications (e.g., e-mail clients, web browsers, etc.) + request data transmition for the server computer at a moment + where no connection has been established with it, yet. Also, + this chapter covers different considerations you could take + into account to keep the telephone line as free as possible, + so different client computers be able of establishing + connection to the same server computer as quickly as possible.