Bill wrote:
> I need a hand (or point in the right direction) for setting up redhat as
> a dial on demand router. 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.
First off, don't use that card (I'll bet it's in ISA PnP mode). If you
can, get a decent PCI card (the tulip chip-based cards are good, and so
are most 3-Com and SMC cards). The PCI Ne2000 clones (using the RealTek
or WinBond chips) also often suck (less than 100k/sec over the coax
interface). PCI cards should be detected by kudzu when you boot up, but
many ISA cards won't be. You could try "insmod ne2000.o" and see if it
detects it; you'll probably need the DOS card util to check/set the IRQ
and stuff, or take it out of PnP mode if you can. There may be a linux
diagnostic aid at:
http://www.scyld.com/network/
(the new home of Donald Becker's drivers and stuff)
As for the autodial stuff, take a look at one or more of the following:
http://cpwright.villagenet.com/mserver/
http://www.loonie.net/~eschenk/diald.html
or
http://diald.unix.ch/
http://www.caesium.fr/freeware/connect/
Some of my links may be stale (sorry).
Steve
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