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" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
