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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!xanth.cs.odu.edu!maui.cc.odu.edu!jonathan From: jonathan@maui.cc.odu.edu (Jonathan Sturges) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: kermit & ppp Date: 5 Jan 1995 19:02:42 GMT Organization: Old Dominion University, Department of Computer Science Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3ehfoi$hib@xanth.cs.odu.edu> References: <D1s1s4.Dvw@discus.technion.ac.il> <3ehb2o$ecn@shore.shore.net> <3ehdms$497@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: maui.cc.odu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Alec Habig (ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu) wrote: : shawn@oa.com writes: : >s2466901@techst02.technion.ac.il (Levy Eliav ) says: : >> I'm using kermit to establish a ppp connection, : >> How can i "quit" kermit and activate pppd without hanging up the line ? : > : > Good question??? : Just get back to the kermit> prompt, and background kermit using ^Z. Then : start up pppd from your normal shell prompt. fg kermit again when finished : with ppp, so that you can hang up and exit cleanly. Additionally, give your modem the command to ignore DTR. On most Hayes- compats., this is &D0. If you do this, you'll be able to quit Kermit w/o killing your connection. -Jonathan jonathan@cc.odu.edu