From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 22:29:59 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F17DE16A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:29:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9273D43D55 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:29:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=[192.168.63.10]) by smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1D4nyA-00039o-7y; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:29:58 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Peterhin Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:30:43 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200502251647.08537.hindrich@worldchat.com> In-Reply-To: <200502251647.08537.hindrich@worldchat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502251630.43146.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bcb3df7d84b9d71dc1a6f6a04d11388b3c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Connection. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:29:59 -0000 On Friday 25 February 2005 03:47 pm, Peterhin wrote: > OK here is what I get when I > 'ps ax | grep ppp' > > '202 ?? ls 0:00.04 /usr/sbin/ppp -quiet -auto -nat papchap' > > FYI. the modem does disconnect after the '300sec'. > and I can re-dial to get the connection again, so that all works > fine. Also I think what is happening is that on boot-up once it gets > to 'looking for host time.nrc.ca and service NTP' the modem starts, > so that explains why it starts at boot-up, it needs to satisfy that > call. > > Part of this steeeep learning curve for a newbie like me is also > learning the logic behind the sequencing of different activities. > > Now having said that, a further question, and I have read the man > pages, handbook, and sundry other books, is I can't seem to > understand how I can setup 'ppp' to dial out manually. (ie. only when > I want it to, as I have another computer that shares the one phone > line that I have avail. for this purpose). > If you could shed some light on this function I would be very > appreciative. If you have 2 computers needing to dial-out, you might consider sharing the ppp connection. The online handbook covers this at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/userppp.html > > As for your suggestion: 'I used to kill ppp using a "hangup" python > script:' > At this stage that is over my head. > > Peter > > "Civil Liberties are at the whim of those in power"