On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Jessen, Per wrote:
> Interesting - perhaps I should go and RTFM for a bit. Admittedly, I've only
> browsed isdn4linux documentation, not dived in deep. From the way SuSE sets
> up ISDN it seems there is no need for diald. You just specify a
> phone-number,
> and a protocol (typically ippp). That's it.
Yes, and pppd has a demand option as well. However diald gives
you much more control of when the link goes up and down, what
packets cause the link to go up and down, what packets are
taken in to account when deciding whether the link stays up etc.
Plus it allows easy control and gives some useful information
about what traffic is on the link.
The newer ISDN releases have started adding timeout rules
and the like to the stack but, IMHO, that violates one of
the fundamentals of Unix design philosophy - i.e. if it can
be done in user space don't do it in the kernel unless there
is a *damn* good reason why it is necessary.
Mike
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