Sue Tranter said: > Hi! > <snip> > > Now I'm wondering, if I want to stay logged on to my computer but > switch the ADSL connection off for some reason (e.g. I want to switch > ISPs to use fetchmail from elsewhere), is this possible?
Ahh, thats not the unix way. I assume you may need to be logged onto an ISP's dial-up to fetch mail (most don't bother BTW). Why not set up a route to your ISP's POP server that triggers a normal diald/modem call. No need to have one ppp connection have two and use the routing power of linux :-) > I tried "poff -a" which seems to kill the connection, but then I can't > get any sort of dialin or ADSL connection subsequently without > rebooting. > > I tried also "umount /proc/bus/usb" but this doesnt work as it says the > device is busy. > Is there an easy way to effectively do the opposite of the start-up > script: > <snip> Some scripts do exist that carefully take everything down but I've generally found anything that involves killing modem_run causes problems. Have a search through the mailing list archive for the example disconnect scripts people have posted. Did poff cause modem_run to stop. If not a simple "pppd call adsl" should just restart the link. Alex www.bennee.com/~alex/ Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
