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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:25:48 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
To:        Richard Morte <richard@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ppp -auto is trigger-happy
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9909290924090.5295-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <37F07156.903184DE@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>

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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Richard Morte wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone help explain why ppp in -auto -alias mode dials out as soon
> as I click in the location field in Netscape? Do I need to set up IP
> filtering? Without some sort of filtering or additional configuration I
> don't seem to be able to browse documents on the local machine without
> accessing the modem.

Netscape does a DNS lookup the very first chance it gets. This will
cause a dialout, unless you've blocked DNS from activating a callout.

Jonathan Chen
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