You must decide on which machines you are going to install the Solstice PPP software packages.
For information on the files in each package, use the pkgchk(1M) command.
Install the following software packages on all machines on which you intend to run either the Solstice PPP Client or the Solstice PPP Server.
Package Name |
Package Description |
---|---|
SUNWpppk Solstice PPP Device Drivers |
Contains the PPP kernel modules, drivers, devices, ppp modules. |
SUNWpppr Solstice PPP Configuration Files |
Contains the configuration files and startup scripts. |
SUNWpppu Solstice PPP Daemon & User Programs |
Contains the link manager and user utilities such as pppconn and pppdisc. |
If you are running 64-bit Solaris, then you must also install the following software package on all machines on which you intend to run either Solstice PPP Client or Solstice PPP Server.
Package Name |
Package Description |
---|---|
SUNWpppkx Solstice PPP 64-bit device drivers |
Contains the 64-bit PPP kernel modules, drivers, devices, ppp modules. |
Install the following software package on all machines on which you intend to run the Solstice PPP server.
Package Name |
Package Description |
---|---|
SUNWppps Solstice PPP Login Service |
Contains the PPP login service, which enables incoming connections. |
You can install the following optional software packages on a server to be shared by multiple machines:
Package Name |
Package Description |
---|---|
SUNWpppm Solstice PPP Man Pages |
Contains the man pages for Solstice PPP. |
SUNWpppab Solstice PPP AnswerBook |
Contains the on-line documentation for Solstice PPP. |
Solstice PPP runs on SPARCTM and Solaris x86 platforms with a standard configuration.
Solaris 2.3 operating environment or later.
Graphical user interface. You need access to an X Window SystemTM window manager to use the graphical user interface for Solstice PPP (ppptool) . There is also a command-line version of this utility.
You must have 300 Kbytes of free space in /usr to install PPP. You need an additional 300 Kbytes of free space in /usr to install 64-bit PPP.
You need sufficient space in the following directories for the PPP software:
/usr
/usr/kernel/drv
/usr/kernel/strmod
/usr/sbin
You need sufficient space in the following directories for the 64-bit PPP software:
/usr/kernel/drv/sparcv9
/usr/kernel/strmod/sparcv9
PPP occupies approximately 243 Kbytes in /usr and 4 Kbytes in / (root).
The 64-bit PPP occupies a similar amount of disk space as the 32-bit PPP. The 64-bit drivers reside in /usr/kernel/drv/sparcv9 and the 64-bit modules reside in /usr/kernel/strmod/sparcv9.
Use the following table to work out the minimum disk space (in Mbytes) you require on each of your machines.
Product Package |
/opt |
/var |
/etc |
/usr |
---|---|---|---|---|
SUNWlit |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SUNWpppk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
SUNWpppkx |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
SUNWpppr |
0 |
0 |
0.03 |
0 |
SUNWpppu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
SUNWppps |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |