Warning: My comments are not math related; feel free to delete this
message and curse my name for overstepping the mailing list charter.
Sorry.
>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Czajkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> wrote the following on Mon, 17 May 1999 23:12:06 -0500
Greg> Hi, I have a question to the linux/mprime experts:
Greg> I just installed RedHat 6.0, (it's awesome) but the only
Greg> connection that machine has to the internet is PPP.
Greg> Eventually, I got that to work. My question is whether there
Greg> is any way to bring down/up the ppp0 interface whenever mprime
Greg> needs to contact PrimeNet server automatically?
The more generic approach is to set up demand dialing. There are
several ways to do this[1]. One way is to use a recent pppd and use
the "demand" option. Once properly configured, your linux box will
automaticially dial whenever it needs to, and hang up when the
connection has been idle. It's really quite nifty.
The details of configuration are FAR outside the the charter of this
mailing list; however, the ppp package comes with extensive
documentation, and the miscellaneous linux newsgroups should be able
to help you out, too. A good start would be to get the ppp package.
It looks like the home of ppp is at:
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
You may wish to check out the ppp documentation that came with RedHat
6.0 to see if you already have a ppp that supports the demand option.
(Probably in /usr/doc/ppp_somethingorother)
[1] Another method I don't mention is "diald". My ignorance of diald
is overwhelming. If you want to investigate, try the home page at:
http://diald.unix.ch/
Good luck,
Mike Gebis
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