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Hi,

I have only one modem, my doubt is how and where ppp or pppd are started?
The Handbook make references to scripts to manage them, but who launch
those scripts?  
  
I don't know if I make myself understand....

Thanks for your time.......


>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.


> 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