From owner-freebsd-net Fri Jun 15 4:57:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (gw.Awfulhak.org [217.204.245.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB8637B401 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 04:57:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f5FBv0g14195; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:57:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f5FBuxQ26579; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:56:59 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200106151156.f5FBuxQ26579@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Stephen Hilton" Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Start on-demand PPP from remote telephone In-Reply-To: Message from "Stephen Hilton" of "Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:45:53 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:56:59 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Last time I looked, mgetty was capable of doing stuff with dtmf tones. I think you need to use the vgetty program rather than mgetty (both are installed when you install the port), but that's all I remember. > 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. > > Thanks in advance > > Stephen Hilton > nospam@hiltonbsd.com -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message