u can use wvdial or pon, both make the use of pppd. check wvdial man pages, and the ppp howto. You must configure several things before u can use dial up connections.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Penguin wrote: > How do I bring a dialup PPP link with a shell? It's `ifup <iface-name>' or > something? Is that all? How do I tell when the link is down if I have a shell > script for example downloading the latest Debian dist? Can I poll/interrogate > something which will tell me? > > Cheers > James > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >