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Meant to ask - having used linuxconf, ifup ppp0 etc - where is the
parameter info held? I cannot see where this auto dial is set?!

Geoff



On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 07:19:39 GMT, Geoff Cox
<geoff.cox@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>success at last !! I setup the connection using linuxconf under gnome
>and then used ifup ppp0 and to disconnect ifdown ppp0 - this allows me
>to go for repetative connections without problems...having said all
>that I have just noticed that the machine has dialled without me
>asking it to !! 
>
>Cheers
>
>Geoff
>
>
>
>On 07 Aug 2000 23:15:05 +0100, Stefan Davids
><stefan+usenet@netscum.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>>>>>> "Geoff" == Geoff Cox <geoff.cox@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>Geoff> I am using Stefan Davids notes to connect to the Internet using
>>Geoff> Redhat 6.0 .....  Odd! - I reboot the computer and use "pppd
>>Geoff> call green" as per his notes and can connect to Demon (ISP) and
>>Geoff> all works fine...
>>
>>Geoff> The only way I can disconnect though is by typing ps and
>>Geoff> getting say 661 tty1 00:00:00:00
>>
>>killall pppd 
>>
>>should work, as should 
>>
>>kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid`
>>
>>Geoff> I then do kill -9 661 and after a few seconds the line drops.
>>
>>Don't use -9 unless more subtle measures have failed.  SIGKILL is
>>necessarily terminal so the receiving process can't do any cleaning
>>up...
>>
>>Geoff> Whilst on-line ifconfig gives me info for eth0, lo and ppp0
>>
>>Geoff> If I now re-connect I get a line but cannot get on the Internet and
>>Geoff> ifconfig shows eth0, lo, ppp0 and ppp1 !!! 
>>
>>...which pppd needs to do in order for you to reconnect.
>>
>>Geoff> I have to re-boot in order to connect correctly...!!!
>>
>>Geoff> Any ideas?
>>
>>killall pppd or kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid` to disconnect.  Give
>>processes a chance to behave before you SIGKILL them.
>>
>>Stefan