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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: User-PPP and "-auto" Date: 5 Aug 1996 16:35:33 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4u54c5$kt@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <yANW3MD4F99aRz1@borki.zug.use.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Reto Burkhalter (BORKI@zug.use.ch) wrote: : I tried to set up user-PPP and I want to use : the -auto dial feature... : But it doesn't dial.. : I did the set up steps as described in the : handbook.. I suspect you've missed something - it works for others. What does your ppp.conf look like ? Mine says: default: set device /dev/cuaa0 set speed 115200 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATZ OK-AT-OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" demon: set phone 01813389666 set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: awfulhak word: pass ocol: PPP HELLO" set dfilter 0 permit 0/0 158.152.1.222 set timeout 120 set ifaddr 158.152.17.1 158.152.1.222/16 255.255.0.0 delete ALL add 0 0 HISADDR I run "ppp -auto demon", and only traffic to 158.152.1.222 will open the connection (the dfilter line). -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....