Hi Bill,
> I need a hand (or point in the right direction) for setting up redhat as a
> dial on demand router.
Sorry, I am not going to answer your question, but I think the PPP-HOWTO
handles this topic. I am going to give you a little warning instead :).
If you are using Windows clients you should note that they make bunny DNS
requests at startup, which will probably open your connection and waste money.
Although this is less of a problem with (external) analog modems, it
definitely is a problem with ISDN, since you don't hear the connection being
made.
You will probably want to set up a (mostly) caching nameserver that handles
these phoney requests - fe I've seen DNS requests for "C:\PROGRA~1" by a
Windows 98 client. I don't know exactly how to do this, but you might want to
try fake DNS entries for these requests.
Good luck,
Leonard.
> working properly. What I need to do is figure out how to make it
> automatically dial when it receives traffic headed for the internet on the
> network interface, and then drop the call after a small idle timeout.
>
> I have read the PPP Howto which deals with how to automate the dial process
> using the pppon script but that still requires a human to type pppon...what
> I need is for the interface to automatically come up when there is traffic
> and automatically go down when the traffic is done.
>
> Also, how do I add a network card to the machine...I have added a new card
> but it did not detect it. It is a Realtek Based ISA Card.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Bill
>
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