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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:31:00 +0100 (BST)
From:      Ben Cohen <benc@cus.org.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   "ppp -auto" limited to certain times only?
Message-ID:  <20030619193042.N42050@cus.org.uk>

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Hi,

I have fixed-rate dialup access from my ISP but only off-peak.  I just
found out that they let me connect at other times but charge me extra so I
want to avoid doing this accidentally.

I'd like to run "ppp -auto" so that I get dial on demand in the evening,
but stop it connecting in the daytime.  I thought of using a cron job to
start and stop ppp but is there a more elegant way?

Thanks,
Ben.



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