[ale] diald and/or Mandrake

[jknapka at earthlink.net (Joseph A Knapka)]

David Corbin wrote:
> 
> I've volunteered to help a friend finish setting up his Mandrake box.  Now,
> I'm debian-guy, though I tend to understand the true Linux underneath.  Does
> anyone want to offer me any particular warnings in dealing with Mandrake?
> 
> The number one task is to setup analog dial out and get it operating as a
> firewall.  Over 4 years ago, I used diald to achieve this.  Is diald still
> the solution here?  Any particular warnings on what to look for in terms of
> changes to diald?

pppd itself now supports demand dialing. Look for the "demand"
option in the pppd manpage.

Cheers,

-- Joe
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#  gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald
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