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From: martin@euterpe.owl.de (Martin Husemann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP under BSD (have a heart)
Date: 29 Jul 1994 09:20:22 +0200
Organization: The Other Site - Martin's Museum of Muses
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In <michaelv.775404734@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>PPP seems even easier. I just set up a .ppprc file with the options I
>want (which are all explained in the man page), dial up the PPP
>server, escape out of the term program, and type "pppd" -- and done.
It's even simpler: I use the "connect" option to pppd to call "chat" with
a script to dial and log into the server. No manual action required...
Another nice thing: when IPCP is set up, an optional script is executed
(as well as when the connection is down again). I use these to switch my
/etc/resolv.conf between an "online" and "offline" version.
Martin
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