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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!huxley.anu.edu.au!not-for-mail From: Paul Nash <paul@frcs.alt.za> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD PPPD on NetBSD? Will it work? Date: 2 Mar 1995 16:15:03 +1100 Organization: Nowhere in particular Lines: 20 Sender: lsj662@huxley.anu.edu.au Message-ID: <3j3k8n$c34@huxley.anu.edu.au> Reply-To: Paul Nash <paul@frcs.alt.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.2.12 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #16 (NOV) I have just upgraded from NetBSD 0.9 to 1.0 (absolutely painless, and seems a lot faster -- thanks, BSD-people!), partly to get PPP support (I no longer have my nice leased line :-(). This works fine, _but_ doesn't dial on demand (unless I'm missing something). If I start it, it'll talk to the modem, dial, and so on, and I have a link, but I can't find a way of having it dial automagically when I try to telnet out (or have a mail queue-run, or ...). However, I seem to remember that the FreeBSD PPPD _does_ support this. It isn't a big enough issue to change OS for, but I am willing to try to port the FreeBSD PPPD to NetBSD (if it's not too much trouble). Before I start on this, though, has anyone tried this, and does it work? Can it definitely not be made to work? Any advice will be appreciated. I'd prefer replies by mail, 'cos my news seems to lose 60% of the incoming stuff, but I _do_ read this group religiously. I'll summarise, and if the port works, I;ll send the code to CGD and the boys. paul