On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Ste wrote:

> 1) I just can't get diald working on my linux pc, running redhat 5.2; I'd
> like a diald.conf sample file for a PAP connection.

ATDTnnnnnnn CONNECT

i.e. dial the number wait for connect and you're off. It's pppds
problem from there on.

> 2) It seems that diald has an hard life near hylafax: at boot, faxgetty
> claims that it could not lock the modem, while diald can't initialize it .
> How can I fix it ?

If diald is trying to dial faxgetty shouldn't be able to lock
the modem so that is right. If diald can't initialize the modem
it sounds like a connect script problem.

> 3) Diald and named: is linux too narrow for both of them ? 

No. If you have a single machine you *should* have both because
named will act as a cache and reduce traffic over the link. If you
are routing a network you *need* both otherwise your DNS traffic
will become unmanageable and demand dialling bounces up and down
and up and down and...

                                Mike

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