Re: [expert] dial up at command prompt

[Steve Philp]

"Mulvaney, Jerry" wrote:
> 
> Everything works great under Mandrake 6.0, but I can't find out how to start
> a dial up connection without starting X and running netcfg. Can I do this
> from the command line?

If you've already run netcfg and setup the ppp device, you can use:

        /sbin/ifup ppp0

from anywhere to start the connection.  Use:

        /sbin/ifdown ppp0

to drop the connection.

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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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