[H-GEN] Diald (again)

[Hilton Travis]

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Hi,

> > You could try the program masqdialer.  It has clients for most OS's, and
> > runs a server on the linux box.
> >
> > I don't know a URL, but I find it gives me better control over my dialin
> > sessions than diald.
>
> I'm also a happy Masqdialer user.  It lets my brother (on a Win95 box)
> connect to and disconnect from the Internet on one of my dialin accounts,
> when he wants to.  The URL for the server is at:
>
>   http://w3.cpwright.com/mserver/
>
> There are heaps of Masqdialer clients, all linked to from the main page.
> There are RPMs, and I think it's also a part of the Debian distribution
> since slink.

I'm having a look at the Masqdialer site right now.  It looks like quite a
nice package, but what I'd really like is a package that like diald (if the
bloody app would work as it's s'posed to) dials a connection during specific
hours upon detection of a packet destined for the "Outside World (tm)" and
leaves the connection up for a certain period of time after traffic ceases.

Masqdialer looks like a great package for a small network with a
pay-per-minute Internet connection.  Diald looks like the prime candidate
for a permanent dialup connection, or where a link needs to stay up between
certain hours.  I assume these programs do not take over a shell terminal
either - pppd it a b|+ch like this!

Thanks for the input - and if anyone has a diald setup that actually dials
out as it's meant to, I'd appreciate any info!

Regards,
Hilton


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