Hi, On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 03:24:49AM +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> I assume you're already using pppd for establishing the connection >> from the remote system to some host in the internet that you >> control. > > No - when I plug the dongle in, I just let NetworkManager find it and > set it up. I haven't got it in front of me now, but I think I have to > type some sort of keyring password to allow the connection?
I would guess it's highly unlikely NM doesn't use pppd for establishing the connection. >> I think simply adding "persist lcp-echo-failure 10 >> lcp-echo-interval 5" options to its config (/etc/ppp/options or >> /etc/ppp/peers/<yourpppdscript> or some other way specific to how you >> start pppd) should be enough. > > I want to make the connection from the other direction - from my normal > F14 desktop TO the remote Virgin mobile broadband dongle F14 machine. Without CSD the most reasonable option imho would be to keep a persistent connection over GPRS to some internet host you control and use it as a proxy. An alternative would be to establish GPRS connection upon an incoming (voice) call or message but that'd be more complex and fragile to set up. HTH -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community