On 28 Jun 00, at 16:39, jpb wrote:
> Craig McPherson wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:54:00AM -0600, TODD WITTER wrote:
> > > own before checking my mail. Possible? Or is there a way to
> > > have the "pon" command executed following log in? Just curious.
> > > It would be nifty.
>
> > If for some reason you don't want to tie up your phone line the entire
> > time the computer is on (I can't imagine why not), and only want
> > the PPP connection brought up during login, there's an array of login
>
> Also look into diald - it will run in the background, detect when you
> are trying to send packets to the outside world, automagically bring up
> ppp, and then disconnect again once you haven't used the net for a user
> configurable length of time.
>
> I used it very happily for years until I got my cablemodem.
>
> jpb
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>
>
>
Being a newbie and all, I'm not sure about diald... where can I get it
to download? Or can I find it somewhere withn my Storm Linux
2000? (I don't recall anything like that.) Anyway, thanks for the
additional tip -- that one is really sounding like a nice option.
Todd
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