PPP Connection.

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Friday 25 February 2005 03:47 pm, Peterhin wrote:
> OK here is what I get when I
> 'ps ax | grep ppp'
>
> '202 ?? ls 0:00.04 /usr/sbin/ppp  -quiet -auto -nat papchap'
>
> FYI. the modem does disconnect after the '300sec'.
> and I can re-dial to get the connection again, so that all works
> fine. Also I think what is happening is that on boot-up once it gets
> to 'looking for host time.nrc.ca and service NTP' the modem starts,
> so that explains why it starts at boot-up, it needs to satisfy that
> call.
>
> Part of this steeeep learning curve for a newbie like me is also
> learning the logic behind the sequencing of different activities.
>
> Now having said that, a further question, and I have read the man
> pages, handbook, and sundry other books, is I can't seem to
> understand how I can setup 'ppp' to dial out manually. (ie. only when
> I want it to, as I have another computer that shares the one phone
> line that  I have avail. for this purpose).
> If you could shed some light on this function I would be very
> appreciative.

If you have 2 computers needing to dial-out, you might consider sharing 
the ppp connection.  The online handbook covers this at:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/userppp.html

>
> As for your suggestion:  'I used to kill ppp using a "hangup" python
> script:'
> At this stage that is over my head.
>
> Peter
>
> "Civil Liberties are at the whim of those in power"