Re: Is it possible to have an automatic dialup with linux.

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From: Paul Black
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:00

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"David Dyke" <DavidD@vector-tri.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Dear Freinds,
> 
> I am running Red Hat Linux 6.1 on a small network of 98 machines and one NT
> machine.
> I want the linux machine to run as a server for the dialup connection so one
> dialup in total is accessed by all the other machines as and when needed.
> But I need to know is this possible....

Yep. pppd and ipppd both support demand dialling. Failing that, use
diald.

Also, your sig is too long.

Paul

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