
MPD MULTI-LINK PPP DAEMON FOR FREEBSD

Version 3.18
Written by Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>

* WHAT IS IT?

  A multi-link PPP daemon based on netgraph(4), combining the
  configurability and flexibility of a user-mode PPP implementation
  with the speed and reliability of a kernel-mode PPP implementation.

* HOW STABLE IS IT?

  Most of this code has been thoroughly tested. Some parts, such
  as compression, have not been tested very much at all. However,
  the core of the daemon is very solid.

* HOW DO I BUILD AND INSTALL IT?

  cd /usr/ports/net/mpd
  make all install

* HOW DO I SET IT UP?

  Complete documentation is included in the "doc" subdirectory.

  You will need to create your own versions of the four required
  configuration files in /etc/ppp:

    mpd.conf    - General configuration
    mpd.links   - Description of available links
    mpd.script  - Modem scripts
    mpd.secret  - Login/password pairs

  If you're familiar with FreeBSD's "ppp" user-mode daemon, the
  configuration method is similar: commands are read from a file.

  Check the "conf" subdirectory for configuration file examples.

  Then append the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf and create an
  empty /var/log/mpd.log file to get proper logging:

    !mpd
    *.*                        /var/log/mpd.log

  Add a corresponding line to /etc/newsyslog.conf as well to get
  proper log rotation.

  If you want to start it as a background daemon at boot time,
  add the appropriate line to /etc/rc.local, e.g.:

    echo -n " mpd" ; /usr/local/bin/mpd -b

* WHAT'S THE COPYRIGHT STATUS?

  Berkeley style: see ``COPYRIGHT.iij'' and ``COPYRIGHT.whistle''.

* WHERE CAN I GO FOR HELP?

  MPD is now hosted on SourceForge with a mpd-users mailing list.
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpd

