Thanks Matthew. You seem to be saying that this is a silly question - so I promise to shut up immediately after this one because I don't want to waste anyone's time here. But I have to confess that I am a bit confused now. I understand that ADSL is always on. However, I do want it to disconnect after a period without traffic and pick up again when there is traffic, because my Linux box is a 24h fileserver & firewall for my home network, and I feel safer without an open Internet connection 24h. Moreover, my provider disconnects after a certain time.
Also, I have found several descriptions of setups for connection-on-demand with ADSL modems connected to the Linux box via Ethernet. I just cannot get these settings to work for the Speedtouch modem. I guess if anyone could confirm that this doesn't work with the Speedbundle package, I'd be happy to go out and buy an Ethernet ADSL modem. It just would be a waste of money if there were a simple way to get it going with the Speedtouch, no? Thanks again for your help, Ulrich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 12:52 AM Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Speedbundle problem with demand dialling > > Well, I don't know why it won't work, but I know it shouldn't work...ADSL is > an always on IPStream; connection, initialisation and line training should > only happen when there is some sort of failure...else the connection should > always stay up...There is no facility in the management daemon to establish a > connection when you want, it runs now or never. > > Matthew W. S. Bell > > On 2004.02.21 22:35, Ulrich Rathe wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > >I cannot get speedbundle 1.0 to dial on demand. The box is running SuSE 9.0 > >(default kernel). Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
