From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 19 12:56:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18087 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:56:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18073 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:56:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00348; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:55:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:55:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Alex Davidson cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: ppp -auto In-Reply-To: <36537E78.612268EC@idcomm.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Alex Davidson wrote: > I am currently using: > ppp > dial isp > > I thought I could use: > ppp -auto isp > so if I start netscape it dials automatically, but it doesn't dial. Any > reasons why? Did you set up -auto as described in the man page? You have to add a line to your configuration, at the very least. > Also, any ideas how I can stop my (normally exceptional) connections > from disconnecting? Never happens in Winblows. It depends on the disconnect reason... Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message