[ale] diald and/or Mandrake

[Joseph A Knapka]

> Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> 
> 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?

Er. I don't know, I always just edit the config files.
I have never used kppp, so I can't answer your question :-(

Sorry,

-- Joe

> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph A Knapka [mailto:jknapka at earthlink.net]
> 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
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-- Joe
# "You know how many remote castles there are along the
#  gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald
# Linux MM docs:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html

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