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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!southern.co.nz!not-for-mail From: calvin@southern.co.nz (Calvin I. Varney) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: ppp/hylafax confilct Date: 3 Mar 1996 09:11:13 GMT Organization: Southern InterNet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4hbnnh$bqg@orm.southern.co.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: kalessin.southern.co.nz X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950621BETA PL0] hi I've been using 'ppp -auto isp' successfully for some time now and have just installed Hylafax 3.0.1. Problem is whenever I try to send a fax, ppp will automatically connect to my isp and will never release the modem for hylafax. Does anyone know if it is possible to have ppp running and still allow other processes to use of the modem? thanks Calvin.