PPPD and demand dialing
From: Jeffrey C. Dege (jdege_at_jdege.visi.com)
Date: 03/29/05
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:42:52 -0000
I'm installing my first Linux system in a while - putting Centos 4.0 on
a new desktop at home, prior to retiring my aging Red Hat 6.0 setup.
I need PPPD to work in demand-dial mode.
I tried to add the options using the GUI network configuration tool,
but I couldn't get it to work, and I couldn't figure out why.
So I tracked down the file that the tool was creating, ifcfg-ppp0,
and went in and edited it directly.
My question is why, since pppd has supported demand dialing for years
now, and since the sysconfig networking system has explicit options
for configuring demand dialing, why have these options never been made
configurable from the GUI?
And as an aside, where should I go for advice on configuring the rest of
this beast? I have a couple more steps to get done before I close down
my old system - getting email and usenet working, installing xringd, etc.
Where should I go to ask questions?
-- Because Linux is not commercial--because it is, in fact, free, as well as rather difficult to obtain, install, and operate--it does not have to maintain any pretensions as to its reliability. Consequently, it is much more reliable. - Neal Stephenson
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