You can also do it with the pppd by using the demand keyword in the
options file.
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Howard.
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, David Zverina wrote:
> To automatically dial-up when a packet wants to go to the internet you need
> to setup something like diald.
> http://diald.sourceforge.net/news.html
>
> Alternatively you may just do what I do and manually dial the ISP when you
> want your network connected. It can be easier on the hip pocket if something
> goes wrong and modem dials out once a minute in middle of the night. In this
> case just call your masquerading/firewalling setup script from the
> /etc/ppp/ip-up & down scripts.
>
> Dave
>
> PS: In future can you please resist the temptation to post in html. :)
>
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> David Zverina
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