Re: diald on debian?
Keith G. Murphy wrote:
> -SNP- <
> I should mention that pppd's own dial-on-demand feature seems to work
> surprisingly well now.
>
> pon starts up pppd, it hangs around waiting for an outgoing packet, then
> dials out.
>
> poff kills off the pppd process, disabling dial-on-demand.
>
> Turns out it's really easy to set up: add one line ('demand') to
> /etc/ppp/peers/provider.
>
>
When running pppconfig. this option is available under the "Advanced
Options" section near the end.
If you rename the /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot file to "/etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot"
then you don't even have to use PON. It will start up at boot time.
Also, some firewall / ipmasq setups that depend upon an external
interface being defined prior to startup will have to be restarted after
the connection via ppp0 is made. The ppp0 interface doesn't exist until
a connection is made. A short script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d can do this
for you automatically.
I used this setup for over 2 years without problems. It was MUCH easier
to setup than diald, IMHO, and worked every bit as well. Yes... I have
used both.
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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Re: diald on debian?
Kurt Yoder wrote:
> Hey list
>
> I recently tried to set up diald, but can't get the automatic internet
> connection to work. I've definitely got a working internet connection if I
> start it manually using pon. I have diald installed, and all the configs
> look OK to my inexperienced eye. What else should I look at to get diald
> working correctly so that I don't have to manually bring up my internet
> connection?
>
I should mention that pppd's own dial-on-demand feature seems to work
surprisingly well now.
pon starts up pppd, it hangs around waiting for an outgoing packet, then
dials out.
poff kills off the pppd process, disabling dial-on-demand.
Turns out it's really easy to set up: add one line ('demand') to
/etc/ppp/peers/provider.
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Re: diald on debian?
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Kurt Yoder wrote: > Hey list > > I recently tried to set up diald, but can't get the automatic internet > connection to work. I've definitely got a working internet connection if I > start it manually using pon. I have diald installed, and all the configs > look OK to my inexperienced eye. What else should I look at to get diald > working correctly so that I don't have to manually bring up my internet > connection? Me too. I use pon and poff, and it dials on demand, but it keeps redialing the connection at odd times throughout the day. I haven't figured out how to mute the noise (newbie alert?), so it's annoying. I don't have anything running that I know of to make it keep dialing up at irregular intervals like that. I'm still reading up on it.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: diald on debian?
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 08:37:26AM -0400, Kurt Yoder wrote: > Hey list > > I recently tried to set up diald, but can't get the automatic internet > connection to work. Do you get any error messages or interesting entries in /var/log/syslog ? Does your kernel have tap support? > I've definitely got a working internet connection if I start it > manually using pon. I have diald installed, and all the configs look > OK to my inexperienced eye. What else should I look at to get diald > working correctly so that I don't have to manually bring up my > internet connection? There is a couple of outstanding bugs on diald - if you don't get any error/log messages, have a look at the bug list: http://bugs.debian.org/diald -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.karl.jorgensen.com Today's fortune: "Yeah, but you're taking the universe out of context." msg07090/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
diald on debian?
Hey list I recently tried to set up diald, but can't get the automatic internet connection to work. I've definitely got a working internet connection if I start it manually using pon. I have diald installed, and all the configs look OK to my inexperienced eye. What else should I look at to get diald working correctly so that I don't have to manually bring up my internet connection? TIA -- Kurt Yoder Sport & Health network administrator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
