It should be running /sbin/ifup ppp0 to start the connection and
/sbin/ifdown ppp0 to disconnect. What version RH are you running?
The app you are most probably running is netcfg which is OK but kppp might
be friendlier to ex windows users.
Regards, Mehmet
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Gregg wrote:
> I attempted to setup PPP to my ISP by reading the 'HOW-TO's and got as far as the
>modem trying to connect but it always dropped out before the logon completed. Then
>found someone who explained how to do it using the red-hat 'Control-Panel' and
>everything worked perfectly but requires ppp0 to be 'activated' through control-panel
>(Network
> Configurator - Interfaces) for it to work. To hangup, 'deactivate' must be clicked.
>
> I now want to (eventually) add dial-on-demand for the clients using packet
>forwarding but can't figure out what control-panel is actually doing when I click on
>the 'activate' button. Anyone know what scripts (all of them) are run when the
>'activate' button is clicked? Ideally I'd like to run these scripts from a console to
>enable me to connect and
> disconnect without control panel but using the same scripts (that work well). Clues
>to where I can find this information would be appreciated.
>
> Gregg
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