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Subject: Re: pppd server help
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"Efren Bravo" <efrenba@dhl.co.cu> writes:

> I don't realize how the pppd server start when the modem answer the phone.  
>   
> I've followed the step of the section 21.3.3 "Using pppd as a Server" of
> the Handbook and I'm not sure what should I do because according to this
> section I've to create a script and this script will tell pppd to behave
> as a server but how this script will be executed?  
>   
> I hope you can help me

Are you going to be running a high-volume dialin server?
If not, you might try using ppp(8) instead of pppd.  
It's easier to set up.