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#! rnews 1494 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!fido.news.demon.net!demon!sun4nl!news.cmg.nl!atf.cmg.nl!att.cmg.nl!nntp From: "Walter Willems" <Walter.Willems@cmg.nl> Subject: [Q] How to dynamically establish and/or release a ppp connection X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Sender: nntp@att.cmg.nl (NetNews Transport Daemon) Organization: CMG TCU B.V. Division AT Message-ID: <01bc496e$a01e45e0$bfa64fc1@walterw.att.cmg.nl> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ww Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:27:22 GMT Lines: 35 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39108 Hello, I am trying to setup a FreeBSD system which automatically establishes a ppp link (via modem) when I want to reach a remote system. After a certain period of inactivity the ppp link should automatically release the connection. All this in order to save telephone costs. Is there somebody who knows if this can be done ? Walter -- email: Walter.Willems@cmg.nl CMG Telecommunications & Utilities B.V. Division Advanced Technology Nieuwekade 1-19 P.O. Box 8038 3503 RA Utrecht The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 233 93 00 Fax: +31 30 233 94 95 DISCLAIMER: This statement is not an official statement from, nor does it represent an official position of, CMG Telecommunications and Utilities B.V. --