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From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com>
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Subject: Re: tcsh invokes iijppp demand
To: rjbproc@Vir.com (Robert Burns)
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 13:08:41 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950805124141.1047A-100000@zeta> from "Robert Burns" at Aug 5, 95 12:48:27 pm
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Robert Burns writes:
> 
> 
> To my bewilderment, when I substituted my standard csh with tcsh, when
> logging in or invoking tsch my modem dials up. (using ppp -auto)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

This happens due to tcsh being compiled with the REMOTEHOST option.
tcsh does a reverse DNS lookup on the host address to get a host
name.  The DNS lookup causes iijppp to call your ISP.

John Capo
IRBS Engineering