Re: Multiple ISP setup

[Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu>]

>>>>> "Chow" == Chow Chi-Ming <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk> writes:

  Chow> Dear all, Just wonder what is a good ppp dial-up setup for
  Chow> multiple ISPs.  I want to be able to choose which ISP to dial
  Chow> up easily (read: without having to edit /etc files manually
  Chow> each time I have to switch).

  Chow> Is there a tool for this?

You may want to look at the xisp package in the contrib section if you
are running X.  Xisp allows you to store and use configurations for
several different ISP's.  Its window also provides you with
information on the connection speed, dynamic IP number, and elapsed
time.

I have noticed that I need to run it as root for it to complete its
work.  If I run it under a non-root login, even one in the "ppp"
group, it does all the dialing and establishing the connection,
starting ppp, etc. then hangs.  I suspect there are permission
problems with ifconfig or something like that.  I haven't had time to
look at it so I just spring up a root window and run it from there.