> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 27 May 1999 14:08
[snip]
> > Thanks for your input, but what I ended up doing was
> abandoning diald
> > altogether, since the pppd that comes with RH6 (2.3.3) has
> demand dialing
> > with floating IP addresses, and it's working like a champ
> on both sites
> > I've installed it on.
>
> Aye, but I understand it doesn't do any packet filtering.
> Don't you find it bringing
> up the link when you don't want it to? I presume you don't
> have any other machines using the Linix box as a gateway.
Exactly my worry too - if you're running things like xntp or
have local netbios traffic, your link will be up permanently ?
Interesting though - I wasn't aware of this facility in pppd.
regards,
Per Jessen, ENIDAN Technologies, London
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