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From: lmiller@cortes.cibnor.mx (Larry Miller [DT])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: pppd dial on demand possible?
Date: 2 Dec 1996 19:21:50 GMT
Organization: Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas
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Hi, Folks--

We've been having trouble with ijppp and spontaneously dropping modem
connections from what appears to be an overflow on outgoing packet floods,
so we're investigating running pppd instead.  Is there any way to make
pppd dial on demand? 

Thanks-- Larry
 
Larry Miller
Administrador de Redes / Network Administrator
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS Mexico