Shane Bearham wrote:
>
> Mark Johnson wrote:
>
> > --------------<SNIP>--------------
> > Q1: Why does my log (below) show "PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)",
> > when I have no such version on my machine?
>
> do a "man pppd" and search for "demand"
>
> I did and found this excerp below in a bog standard Slackware 4.0 install
> in which pppd 2.3.7 is also distributed with....
>
> demand Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data traffic is present.
>With this option, the
> remote IP address must be specified by the user on the command
>line or in an options file.
> Pppd will initially configure the interface and enable it for
>IP traffic without connecting
> to the peer. When traffic is available, pppd will connect to
>the peer and perform negotia-
> tion, authentication, etc. When this is completed, pppd will
>commence passing data packets
> (i.e., IP packets) across the link.
>
> The demand option implies the persist option. If this behaviour
>is not desired, use the nop-
> ersist option after the demand option. The idle and holdoff
>options are also useful in con-
> juction with the demand option.
>
> It appears that "dial-on-demand" is a feature of pppd 2.3.(something)+
>
> I must admit I never looked for it before!!!!!
>
> Shane();
>
> 3:38pm up 3 days, 6:09, 13 users, load average: 0.31, 0.23, 0.18
>
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it's been around for a while. thing is, demand pppd is not as
configurable as diald.
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