On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 19:12, John Hasler wrote: > Mark L. Kahnt writes: > > If you have free local calling and unlimited access with your > > ISP/upstream, diald can be wonderful - essentially on-demand dialup when > > you are accessing the Internet, and governed disconnection when you are > > idle for a sysadmin-defined stretch. > > You don't need diald for that. Just configure pppd for demand dialing and > idle timeout. You can do so with pppconfig or by editing /etc/ppp/options.
My first dial-up setup was when pppd wasn't great at demand dialing (I don't even remember seeing references to it then in the documentation or HOWTOs,) and diald worked marvellously until I switched to DSL. You don't think much about demand dialing over POTS once you have DSL or cable modems as standard equipment. > > > ...both wvdial and pon/poff require the user to have access to the modem, > > iirc,... > > No. Pon/poff requires only that the user be in the dip group (You can put > her there with pppconfig or with adduser). That was what I meant by "having access to the modem", knowing that sometimes somebody offers the *sage* advice of mucking around with the permissions of the actual device rather than the correct move of putting the users that have a reason for needing access in the correct groups. > > > Could someone update me about whether pon/poff will drop the connection > > when the calling user logs out? > > The connection will stay up. I thought so. It was what made design sense, but y'never know when somebody throws a design twist in that makes one put their foot deep in their mouth by jumping to an expectation. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, Wisconsin -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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