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Date:      Mon, 20 May 1996 20:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "David A. Hauan" <dah@mail.imm.com>
To:        M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [2.1R] demand dial software needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960520201142.2985A-100000@homer.imm.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605210015.AA099317739@paloalto.access.hp.com>

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On Tue, 21 May 1996, M C Wong wrote:

> Hi,
>     I'm using 2.1R now and I need some software to do demand-dial to
> set up SLIP connection to the net when a packet is detected to out-bound
> to the net. Can anyone suggest some good tools ?
> 
>     Thanks in advance.

While SLIP is nice PPP is far more robust.  The *canned* versions of ppp
that come with 2.1R handle your problem very nicely.

As for SLIP I don't know I haven't used it in two years.

dave
.




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