[ale] diald and/or Mandrake

[Armsby John-G16665]

Joe,


Are you saying that, instead of going to all the trouble of configure the /etc/ppp files, I can just flip a switch in a GUI ppd manager?  I see the kppp configuration gui in Mandrake 8.0 but do not see any "demand option".  Where is it?

John



-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph A Knapka [mailto:jknapka at earthlink.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:29 AM
To: David Corbin
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] diald and/or Mandrake



David Corbin wrote:
> 
> I've volunteered to help a friend finish setting up his Mandrake box.  Now,
> I'm debian-guy, though I tend to understand the true Linux underneath.  Does
> anyone want to offer me any particular warnings in dealing with Mandrake?
> 
> The number one task is to setup analog dial out and get it operating as a
> firewall.  Over 4 years ago, I used diald to achieve this.  Is diald still
> the solution here?  Any particular warnings on what to look for in terms of
> changes to diald?


pppd itself now supports demand dialing. Look for the "demand"
option in the pppd manpage.


Cheers,


-- Joe
# "You know how many remote castles there are along the
#Â  gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald
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