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Found them...sorry should have looked harder first.

Geoff


On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 07:25:23 GMT, Geoff Cox
<geoff.cox@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:

>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