Re: Diald setup problem - Please help
On Mar 03, 1997 at 10:04:38AM -0600, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
>
> command: telnet xxxx
> actions: (1) telnet fires up resolves host addresses and tries to connect
> (2) diald wakesup and makes connection
> (3) connection is setup but telnet still hanging
Yes, the diald documentation clearly explains why this occurs;
> Here is some config info.
>
> for diald
> dynamic
This is the cause. Because diald does not know the address
(at this end) for the connection, you have to use a dummy one,
and so your first connection will never succeed. Likewise
connections can't be re-established if your address changes.
My family of non-computer-literate people use the internet
through a Linux box of mine running diald & IP masquerading.
To start the link, to avoid this problem, I have a CGI
script running from the web server (apache) which uses
diald's fifo option to bring the link up. I have diald set
never to bring the link up on particular traffic, only
by explicit request. And drop the link after 20 minutes idle.
Hamish
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