On 20 Oct 2002 21:57:42 -0500 David Krider <david@davidkrider.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 10:21, dTd wrote: > > I saw a package on freshmeat designed to do just this, I have forgotten > > it's name, but a quick search for "demand dial" should get you some > > results. As a side note, you can set an idle option to pppd that will drop > > the connection after a certain amount of time. Not ver helpfull but hey > > it's a start. :) > > I can't believe that no one has nailed this down yet. It's very simple > to do, and everything you need is already in the distribution. If you > already have your main box connecting with pppd, there's just two things > left to do on the pppd side. > > You must properly configure both network sides of your Linux box, you > must ENABLE IP FORWARDING (this one's easy to overlook), and you must - > as you said - enable masquerading through iptables. > > (In 7.3, there was a GUI to configure everything you want. It was called > rp3-config. I don't know if it's there in RH 8 as I have regressed to > 7.3 again because I have issues with the font situation. I'm sure > there's an equivalent, though it will probably be called > `redhat-config-something'.) > > Anyway, all it did was configure `ifcfg-pppX' scripts in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. The options you need are "DEMAND=yes" > and "IDLETIMEOUT=XXX". > sure but that's not what he asked for. He wants to be able to control his ppp connection from a lan box with a graphical app. Like a remote kppp, so he can bring the connection up and down. -- /dTd Perl 6 will give you the big knob. - Larry Wall -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
