these should be dial on "demand" and a time out after a period of inactivitiy. maybe 2 min.? these are options in a file called "/etc/ppp/options" to understand the options in the file /etc/ppp/options, read the man file for pppd. in a console type "man pppd" I believe you need to (as root) add a line that says "IDLE=200" and a seperate line saying "demand". can you connect with "ifup ppp0" ? On Tuesday 19 June 2001 12:36, you wrote: > Thanks to each of you for responding to my question. Since you asked > questions, I'll try to explain. > > 1. Since I am in the US, I am fortunate not to have metered telephone > service so that is not an issue -- in fact the two linux pc's here have > a dedicated modem line. > > 2. I am using the SETI Command Line version 3.3 which is the lastest > and the required version these days. > > 3. As one of you surmised, I want the linux version to do as the > Windows version does -- dial in when an itteration is completed and > receive a new one, then hang up. The linux version comes with options > which are supposed to accomplish this, but they don't seem to work for > me (they require a proxy server, which I don't ccurrently have). > > 4. The system which permits 10 itterations to be downloaded is nice but > it won't work for me as I leave the two machines running 24/7 even when > on vacation and this machine does a SETI download in just under 6 hours > while the other does one in about 10. Hence, it wouldn't help while on > a two week vacation. > > > the Linux seti version does NOT provide for a default > dial/send/download/hangup. What I think I need is a script that will do > this for me but I have NO idea how to accomplish that and I am hoping > one of you can help or direct me to someone who can. > > > (If you are curious about the pc's, I built both myself. This one has > an Athelon 1.3 gig processor 768 megs of memory, two 40 gig ultra 100 > hard drives and Mandrake 8.0. The memory is 133 and I have a front end > bus of 266. The second is an Athlon 950 with 376 megs of pc 199 memory > and a 25.6 gig hard drive (Ultra 66). Also mandrake 8.0 ) NO windows > except on my laptop and as soon as I can download the hard drive so I > can put windows back if needs be (and thus not void the warantee) I > pland to make it a Linux box also. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. > > Charles Wackerman > Carthage, NC USA > (current temp here is 99 degrees F.)
