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Date:      13 Jun 2001 09:03:00 +0100
From:      Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>
To:        "Stephen Hilton" <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Start on-demand PPP from remote telephone
Message-ID:  <863d94g62z.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJFPJOMGCGNBMJMCHCECACEAA.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
References:  <NEBBJFPJOMGCGNBMJMCHCECACEAA.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>

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"Stephen Hilton" <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> writes:

> I have a FreeBSD 4.3 IPFilter 3.4.17 based firewall/gateway
> system at home that uses an on-demand PPP connection to my
> ISP via Hayes type 56k modem.
> 
> I would like to be able to call via telephone my home number
> from a remote location and have getty/mgetty? then start a
> PPP connection to my ISP after detecting the "RING" so I can
> SSH into my home system.
> 
> Searching the web finds lots of PPP info, but I have been
> unable to locate this situation.

Check freshmeat for wish you were here. I wrote it for Linux, but a
port to freebsd shouldn't take too long. It just uses mgetty and
assumes that you have caller id on your phone.

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- Wayne Pascoe 
E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk
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