gnome-ppp 0.2 is available

Jay Painter writes:

CVS gnome-network now contains what I hope is a stable, but feature incomplete, gnome-ppp. It would be helpful for me to get feedback from people who can't use it to connect because of some missing feature.

If you don't want to bother with CVS, I've put together a stand-alone source distribution at:

http://www.serv.net/~jpaint/gnomeppp.html

Since I don't have any help written yet, here are a few usage hints:

• make sure you clear out your /etc/ppp/options file, but don't remove it! Leave a blank file there, or pppd will barf.
• The 'Remote Name' field under the 'Authentication' tab is used to refer to your CHAP/PAP remotename id. If you use it for CHAP/PAP connections, then the 'User ID' field needs to be the same as your CHAP/PAP remotename.
• DNS entries are added to your /etc/resolv.conf file only if it is writeable by the gnome-ppp application; otherwise it silently skips that step.
• there is currently a functioning, but limited command-line interface. If you have the account name: 'serv.net' set up, then you can do a command-line dial by: gnome-ppp -cd 'serv.net'

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Jay Painter -- jpaint@serv.net -- jpaint@gimp.org -- jpaint@real.com
http://www.serv.net/~jpaint