linda hanigan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I can connect to the Internet with my Linux box
> by using linuxconf and activating ppp0 and disconect
> by closing ppp0. However I set this up so long ago
> I don't even remember what I did. What script (command) does linuxconf run
> to do this. I am finally
> back to working on setting up a firewall so our windows
> computers can all share an internet connection through
> the linux box. Obviously I will need to set up something
> like diald to automate the call out, kind of hard when I
> don't know what I am doing to call out at this point.
> Thanks
> Linda Hanigan
>
Linda -
I don't thing that you nned diald. I had really good luck with the demand
option of ppp. I suspect that linuxconf runs ifup ppp0 to bring the link up
but I don't know for sure. The only problems I had way back when was due to
the ifup call that I placed in my rc.local would wait for something to bring
the link up so I added a ping to somewher.outside.my.net to bring the link
up. If you are going to be using the same box, try ifup ppp0 and see if that
brings up the link. If so then take a look in
/etc/sysconfig/netowork-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 I think you can add the demand
option in there under OPTIONS= blah blah.
There are a few things you can do to control the behavior of the demand I
believe man ppp or man pppd is where you want to look.
There are also several good howto out there I would start at the redhat
site. What you are wnating to do is pretty straightforward.
Best I can do off the top of my head. Hope it helps
Bret
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