Could I offer another option. You could use pppd and a chat script to handle the dialing then put demand in ppp options. This will have the same affect as the diald.
I myself have this setup so that after idle (120seconds) the connection hangs up. Have this with an good ipchains script and you should have a good setup. However from what I have read from the first Email, are you wanting to use the deivce directly much like a CDROM drive on a network.? Garry Robertson. ~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please refer to the following disclaimer in respect of this message: > http://www.stivesdirect.com/e-mail-disclaimer.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Furr [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 3:49 PM > To: Brian Russo > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: newbie networking > > two options, depending on what your needs are... > > diald has the capability of "dialing on demand", so that the first > request for a web page, ftp site, whatever will trigger it to > automically dial and establish the connection. > > if you want to explicitly control the connection, you need to setup a > user account on the box so that you can ssh in, and then setup sudo, > which will allow that user to execute pon/poff as root without giving > them complete root access.(as mentioned earlier) > > -mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
