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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!news-relay.us.dell.com!gater3.sematech.org!news2.amd.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!dolphin.neosoft.com!nobody From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q] How to dynamically establish and/or release a ppp connection Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 17:01:19 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <frt0j5.bi1.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> References: <01bc496e$a01e45e0$bfa64fc1@walterw.att.cmg.nl> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.167.69 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39117 In article <01bc496e$a01e45e0$bfa64fc1@walterw.att.cmg.nl>, "Walter Willems" <Walter.Willems@cmg.nl> writes: > Hello, > > I am trying to setup a FreeBSD system which automatically establishes a > ppp link (via modem) when I want to reach a remote system. After a > certain period of inactivity the ppp link should automatically release > the connection. All this in order to save telephone costs. > > Is there somebody who knows if this can be done ? > > Walter Using "user" ppp, yes (I've never fooled with pppd). ppp -auto profile-name See the examples in /etc/ppp. I have mine setup this way, in fact. Never do any manual dialing anymore. It's great! Let me know if I can help. P.S. Disable your modem's speaker, and it feels like your machine is a regular part of the net. :-) -- Conrad Sabatier http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads