is used over. However, as it seems, the pppd daemon under Linux supports
   serial  ports only. I could not force it into using the parallel port,
   neither lp0 nor parport0. This is the only answer I got from it: 

     Aug 2 14:20:44 gericom pppd[11246]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Aug
     2 14:20:44 gericom pppd[11246]: tcgetattr: Invalid argument(22) Aug 2
     14:20:45 gericom pppd[11246]: Exit.

   I  did my Google homework but I couldn't find any clues how to use PPP
   protocol over parallel port under Linux and there is no mention of anything
   similar in the pppd documentation or source files. 

   Is it possible at all to run PPP over parallel cable under Linux? If yes,
   how should it be done? 

   I know there is PLIP but it won't work. Win95 really uses PPP even over
   parallel cable. 

   Thanks in forward. 

   Regards,
   Peter 

     [Thomas]  That's because you cannot. Alas, as your observations and
     in-depth research show, you can only use pppd over serial (in Linux
     anyhow).

     I use PLIP all the time, although I have never had the need to use it to
     connect to windows, but that doesn't mean I don't know of a few things to
     try :)

     Would you go as far as to allow DOS <-> Linux connection? There's a link
     on the PLIP-HOWTO.

     [61]http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PLIP.html

     If it is Win95 connectivity you're after then I suggest a program called
     "kermit" which offers paralell line IP connectivity for windows.

     HTH,

     -- Thomas Adam
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Help - trashed partition table

   Mike Martin ([62]The LG Answer Gang)
   Answered By Jay R. Ashworth

   Hi 

   Somehow I managed to trash my partition table on my RH system I rebooted and
   the kernel failed to find any partitons 

   So then I booted from my RH rescue disk 

   Then it could not find any partitions, so I did fdisk /dev/hda, and my
   partitions appeared to be there so I did w to write 

   Disaster - now in rescue mode there are no partitions at all 

   Anyone any ideas? 

     [Jay] Yeah; there's a program called gpart, that can sift the disk and
     find your partitions, and then reconstruct your ptable.

     Check with Google.
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VPN technology

   emmanuel damons ([63]emmanueldamons from yahoo.com)
   Answered By Jay, R. Ashworth

   Hi 

   I would like to setup a VPN network between my offices. I really would to
   stick to linux that ohter OS's . 

   What do you recommend I go with? 

   I have read some thing about PPTD would this be a could choice for me? 

   Thanks
   Emmanuel 

     [Jay] PPTP, actually. The Microsoft Approved VPN -- which means don't use
     it unless you have to.

     If this is for a business application, you might want to consider buying
     boxes -- the SnapGear's do both PPTP and IPSec, the other alternative, and
     they run Linux, which might make your life easier if you're a linux guy; I
     am, we resell them, and they Just Work. They start at about $250 a side,
     which is probably less than you'll pay yourself to set up IPSec on a pair
     of linux boxes, not to mention the time you'll spend tightening those two
     Linux boxen to be safe directly connected to the net.

     If you really want to do it yourself, PPTP and IPSec are the two things to
     Google for.
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