Niall O Broin wrote:
> PPP Deflate Compression module registered
>> although I wonder what is the device ppp0 - I don't have a /dev/ppp0 device.
> Is this ppp0 device like eth0 i.e. a virtual device which doesn't exist in
> the filesystem ?
>> Further ideas heartily welcomed :-)
>> Regards,
>> Niall
>
Yup, that's right. ppp0 is just the network device used for a ppp
connection same as eth0 is used for the ethernet connection. You should
find traces of it in a routing table.
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