Jason S. on Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:11:53 -0400 (EDT) |
Newer versions of pppd can also do demand dialing. I found it was easier to setup as I had all kinds of problems getting diald to cooperate. J. When I grow up, I wanna be more like me. I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an attitude. On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Michael C. Toren wrote: > > I use my computer as an ipmasq gateway for my parents' computer, an > > old Macintosh. The easiest way I've found for them to start and stop > > an Internet connection is by creating a telnet account that simply > > creates a lock on the connection, and deletes it when they log out. > > As long as somebody has a lock on the connection, nobody can kill the > > connection. > > As an alternative approach, you may find diald interesting. It allows you > to configure "dial-on-demand" connectivity, which will trigger a dialup > PPP or SLIP connection to your provider when it detects IP traffic > destined for your default gateway, and automatically disconnects you after > so many minutes of inactivity. It's quite nice, once configured properly. > > See http://diald.unix.ch/FAQ/diald-faq.html for more information. There's > also a Debian package available. > > -mct > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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