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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 05:01:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
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Subject: Re: How to dial ppp auto?...  : ^o
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Keith, I found that under each header in the ppp.conf file, you need a
space in front of each command line in order for ppp to recognize it.
This may not be the case, but when I put the space in, everything seemed
to work.  For instance, here is a sample:

demand:
 set speed 115200
 set dial 1234567
 ...

If I left the spcae out:

demand:
set speed 115200
set dial 1234567
...

I would get an error complaining about dstaddr as well.  Again, I might
be wrong, but it worked for me.

-Joe Clarke

On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Keith Spencer wrote:

> 
> Hi all
> I am making headway,
> I have discovered how to use manual ppp & term
> If I do
> $ ppp ISP
> PPP on smmc2>term
> atdt713421
> it dials out & I get a terminal connection
> Question...
> how do I get it to dial out on demand from say a ping ??
> 
> Interestingly if I do 
> $ ppp
> PPP on smmc2> dial ISP
> no dial out occurs!
> The phone number etc is stored in ppp.conf  ISP: so I would have 
> thought it might...maybe I have o idea what I  am doing here?
> 
> I tried 
> $ ppp -auto ISP
> 
> but it gave me an error asking for dstaddr or such ???
> 
> help?
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Keith Spencer
> Teacher...St Margaret Marys College
> Townsville Australia
>