Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 9 Jul 1997 01:38:34 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Brad Hendrickse <bradh@iafrica.com>
To:        Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970709013534.29262C-100000@nscfw.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970708145340.171C-100000@kevin.sunshine.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help


> >  Hi, does anyone know if it's possible to set either 'ppp' or 'pppd' up
> > for manual or operator assisted dial? I need to establish a connection
> > across an analogue leased line which requires the above.
> 
> Do you mean using:
>  
>  set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\"
>  AT&FM0 OK-AT-OK \\dATDP\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
>                     ^^^^
> for pulse dial as opposed to ATDT for tone dial.
> Check your modem owners manual.

 No, it's going to be a dead line (no dial tone at all). Basically, I need
to fool the modem into thinking I'm going to be dialing for it (Linux and
Win95 can do it, surely FreeBSD can ;)) Does 'ppp' or 'pppd' support that?

TIA


--brad                                                    I'm a FreeBSD user--

Fortune:
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.970709013534.29262C-100000>