I have (probably) a dumb question.  Why do people use DIALD when PPPD
provides demand dialing?  Just curious...

Cy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Shoemaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 1998 10:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [masq] [masq] [masq] pap login fails when nameserver
> traffic cause
>
>
> Thanks for using NetForward!
> http://www.netforward.com
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> My recommendation (2 cents worth) is to get rid of that "modem,"
> which is causing all that grief, and spend around $300 to get an
> entry-level isdn router.  I hear good reports, from my ISP at least,
> about the Netgear 328 and 348.  No more hassles with serial ports
> supporting baud rates, NO MORE DIALD!  I haven't got any hands-on
> time with the models I mentioned, yet, but I have an installation
> coming up soon, and I expect it to go smoothly.  From what I've seen
> of the manuals of these products, all incoming traffic can be routed
> through your masq box, giving you, in effect, a second layer of
> firewall protection.
>
> More details as soon as the phone company gets its act together, and
> lets us do the install.
>
> > Date:          Sat, 26 Dec 1998 17:05:36 -0800
> > To:            Fuzzy Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > From:          Stefen Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject:       Re:  [masq] [masq] pap login fails when
> nameserver traffic causes diald to bringup link
>
> > At 09:20 PM 12/23/98 -0600, Fuzzy Fox wrote:
> > >David A. Ranch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >1) The 16650 serial <-> modem isn't reliable at 230400 (using cable
> > >> >   supplied with modem.
> > >>
> > >> I've heard that Linux's setserial has problems with 16650s.
> > >
> > >I don't know about this, but I do know that a 16650 is not supported by
> > >Linux 2.0, unless you have some patches I don't know about.  I
> am forced
> > >to run Linux 2.1, which has full support for the 16650.  Not that
> > >there's anything wrong with the 2.1 kernel; it works just fine for me.
> > >
> > Sounds like I need to move to the 2.1 kernel... I was
> > putting off having to learn ipchains.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Stefen
> >
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