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

[Frank Brand]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Frank Brand <fbrand at uq.net.au>)

On Sun, 01 Aug 1999, Hilton Travis wrote:
> (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)?

You could try kppp that comes with kde or Doug Young swears by (or is that at)
wv-dial.

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Frank Brand
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