[ale] RANT dial on demand

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Geoffrey wrote:

> I get to this point every now and then and Just have to vent.  I've 
> spent a good 10 hours trying to configure a system to dial on demand 
> using either kppp or kinternet.  This kind of thing is a huge factor in 
> why Linux fails when trying to replace Windows on the desktop.  It 
> doesn't matter if it's better, more secure, faster, more reliable.  If 
> joe user can't get a simple thing like dial on demand to work, they're 
> not going to buy it.

It's been awhile since I tried to dial-on-demand a Windows box. Never got 
satisfactory results out of it. I'm still aggrivating a Mac on OS X to 
dial-on-demand for my parents every year or so. Doesn't work reliably 
either. 

Have a beer for me -

> 
> kinternet is supposed to provide such a service.  Problem is, it uses 
> wvdial for connection and try as I might, I can't figure out how to tell 
> wvdial to use the 'special' AutoPPP login when dialing in.  There is an 
> option for the wvdial.conf file that is specified as the Login for the 
> isp, yet, wvdial does not apparently use it, as it continues to pass the 
> username that is specified in the conf file.
> 
> If you go to the www.kde.org website, select the documentation link, 
> there's not even a reference to kinternet.  I guess the got rid of it.
> 
> Anyone set up a dial on demand system of late?  I need a beer...
> 
> 

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