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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ivan Vicente
> Janvrot Miranda
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:04 PM
> To: John Hasler
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: PPP on a bare private line pair (newbie question)
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> > 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, probably 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, dropping 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.
There's the problem. Only USR's COURIER modems support leased line mode. In that
mode, you set up one to auto answer and the other continually tries to connect
whenever DTR (IIRC) is high. Then it's just a matter of setting up a simple
script to start up ppp.
FWIW, Couriers can run over a 'dry pair' for distances up to 5 Miles, ~8KM, so
they are quite rugged in that regard. But Sportsters, which I had previously,
are incapable of performing this function. I'd suggest finding some used
Couriers, or if you want to spend big bucks, set up SDSL over the link. (My next
project)
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