Re: PPP on a bare private line pair (newbie question)

[Ivan Vicente Janvrot Miranda]

John Hasler wrote:
> Add the 'passive' option.  It tells pppd to try to initiate a connection
> when it first comes up, but if it fails to just passively hang around
> waiting for an LCP packet instead restarting.
> 
The point is that the modems do not connect without an ATA and ATX3D, so
I supose pppd would not be able to communicate anyway. Is there some
special configuration for these modems? 

> Check your modem manual for some sort of a 'dumb' mode, designed for this
> sort of use.  Leave both modems powered up all the time (it would be
> simplest to leave both computers powered up as well).
> 
The AT commands in the manual could not help, and the &L1 &L2 (for
leased lines) and /D or %D commands (for dumb) mentioned in the "Leased
Line Mini HOTO" are not available.
Actually I do not understand exactly what is a dumb modem. I supose it
is a device that is always trying to connect, without waiting for a
ring, is that right?

> You might also want to look into getting a couple of so-called "short-haul"
> modems, designed for just this sort of thing.  You should be able to do
> better than 33600.
Well ... I figured that the Sportster were good devices, I have a pair
and they are quite expensive now (ISA cards!). If the ideal connection
is not possible, problably I'll stick with the not so elegant option of
doing a dial-in with another device (already available in both machines)
and activating the ppp-on script in the morning, droping the dial-in
connection in favor of the private line connection and using the former
to kill it at night. Anyway, that still leaves me with the problem of
understanding what is a dumb modem.

Thanks

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