Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-22 Thread Colin
John Hasler wrote: Robert Parker writes: Does it give the user the option of connecting or working offline when he runs a mail client or web browser? Demand-dialing brings up the connection automatically if and only if something such as a browser tries to connect to the Net. The connection goes d

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread Robert Parker
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 12:59, John Hasler wrote: > Robert Parker writes: > > Does it give the user the option of connecting or working offline when he > > runs a mail client or web browser? > > Demand-dialing brings up the connection automatically if and only if > something such as a browser

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread John Hasler
Robert Parker writes: > Does it give the user the option of connecting or working offline when he > runs a mail client or web browser? Demand-dialing brings up the connection automatically if and only if something such as a browser tries to connect to the Net. The connection goes down after a con

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread Robert Parker
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 08:10, John Hasler wrote: > gcrimp writes: > > Look for diald, a demand dialing daemon. > > That's doing it the hard way. Configuring pppd for demand-dialing via > pppconfig is much easier. Thanks. It looks vey much easier. Does it give the user the option of connec

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread John Hasler
gcrimp writes: > Look for diald, a demand dialing daemon. That's doing it the hard way. Configuring pppd for demand-dialing via pppconfig is much easier. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:57 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 02:23:42AM +1100, Robert Parker wrote: > > When the user starts an app such as a mail client or web browser I need to > > ask if an internet connection is wanted or not. > > > > If yes, then it needs to invoke s

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread gcrimp
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 02:23:42AM +1100, Robert Parker wrote: > When the user starts an app such as a mail client or web browser I need to > ask if an internet connection is wanted or not. > > If yes, then it needs to invoke something like pon or wvdial to make the > connection. > Look for di

Re: Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread John Hasler
Bob Parker writes: > When the user starts an app such as a mail client or web browser I need > to ask if an internet connection is wanted or not. > If yes, then it needs to invoke something like pon or wvdial to make the > connection. Why not use demand dialing? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRI

Automatic dial out for a modem

2004-12-21 Thread Robert Parker
When the user starts an app such as a mail client or web browser I need to ask if an internet connection is wanted or not. If yes, then it needs to invoke something like pon or wvdial to make the connection. Google never got me anything useful. I'm quite happy to write a daemon if I must. Tha