On Tue, 9 May 2000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> On Tue, 09 May 2000, Woy Woy High School generated:
>
> >I don't want it to automatically dial the net as soon as it starts up. I
> >want it to wait for a request from someone on the network before dialling.
>
> You might find that it's pppd who is connecting you on boot... check
> /etc/ppp/ for a file named 'ppp_on_boot'. If it exists, rename it to
> 'no_ppp_on_boot'.
>
> Actually this will depend on your distro. I know that Debian works this
> way.
But e-smith doesn't. Depending on version, it is dial-on-demand only
(unpatched version 3), which is not at all suitable for Australia, or
either dial-on-demand or permanently connected (version 4, currently in
beta).
Heracles, contact me off-line and I'll sort out your problems.
--
Charlie Brady
Aurema Pty Ltd (for the time being)
E-smith, Inc (soon) :-)
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