On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 11:28:25PM +1000, Dennis Robertson wrote:
> >
> Bob and List,
>
> I had similar problems to the above but the how-to helped clarify the thinking
> in our LUG. Our guru, Marco Grigull, came up with the following how-to which
> works on all systems here. It is based on using PAP.
>
> Open Linuxconf -> Networking -> PPP/SLIP/PLIP
> Click add.
> On the Hardware tab verify modem settings and enter the following PPP Options:
> ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote noauth demand idle 300(or whatever).
> On the Communication tab enter the phone number to dial. Delete all entries
> under Chat in the Expect and Send rows.
> On the Networking tab check Activate at boot time. Uncheck Restart link when
> connection fails(optional). Enter:
> Local IP address: 10.0.0.1
> Remote IP address: 10.0.0.2
> On the PAP tab enter username and password.
> Accept and quit all the way out of Linuxconf.
> In a term type: ifup ppp0 (or 1 or whatever).
> Dial on Demand is running.
>
> Now, in Mutt, when I hit y to send I will get an automatic connection.
>
> HTH.
Of course that should have been ifup ppp0 &
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