[H-GEN] PPP and dial-on-demand during certain hours

[Hilton Travis]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs "Hilton Travis" <QuarkComputers at email.com>)

Hi all,

I have just managed to set up my RH 6.0 (kernel 2.2.10) with a ppp
connection, which is shared throughout my LAN.  I have noticed that when I
use ppp-on to establish the connection, even when using the "&" command,
something is running in the foreground, and when I Ctrl-C to get the
terminal window back, pppd drops the connection.

Is there anything else that will allow me to make a ppp connection, and that
doesn't require a term window for itself (I'm running shell not under X)?

Also, is there any way for me to have the dial-on-demand options valid for
certain times only?  What I'd like is for the dial-on-demand to take place
only between 8am and 8pm, and not to initiate a connection after 8pm.  My
ISP allow 8-hour continuous connects, and these dial-on-demand limits would
be ample for me.  I don't want it dialling automatically at 2:00am just
because Win98 decides to check for updates!  :-)

Regards,
Hilton Travis


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