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Re: [Plug] Crashed logins
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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
>
>
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