On 25 Aug, Jim Hague wrote:
: > I am looking to implement demand dialing on my RH 6.0 system. Is diald the
: > only way to go? Does the pppd support demand dialing as well? I don't need
: > any of the sophisticated "costing" features of diald. All I really need is
: > an easy to automatically connect and disconnect to my ISP based on demand
: > from other machines on my local internal network. Is diald the best choice
: > for me?
:
: You're right, the latest versions of pppd have inbuilt demand dialling. If it
: meets your requirements, you may find it less hassle to set up.
I got the impression from the man page that pppd needs to know the IP
of the remote terminal server in advance, which is no good if your POP
has multiple terminal servers. From the man page:
With this option, the remote
IP address must be specified by the user on the
command line or in an options file.
Because of that, I never bothered to try it. Perhaps it's smart enough
to replace the "dummy" IP with the terminal server's actual IP? Has
anyone tried it? Maybe I'll try it tonight.
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