Re: ppp

[CTech <ctech@ctech1.alabama.dyn.ml.org>]

> Thanks to everyone who replied.  I'm sure my problem was the /dev/ttys1
> instead of /dev/ttyS1.
> I'll try this tonight.
> 
> I'd like to connect my modem to the linux machine and then  have my two
> windows computers access the internet via a local network to the linux box
> using IP - Masquerading.  Currently on windows when ever you click on the
> browers icon it starts the dial out process (if the connection was not made
> first).  Is there anyway to have this happen with PPP when the browers
> starts up (on linux OR on the Win-95 machines)?  I'd like to leave the
> linux machine up and running all the time, but not have to start PPP for my
> wife when she sits down at the windows computer and starts her browser.
> And (of course) I only want the PPP connection up when needed.  Any ideas?
> (probably need to write some software on the windows side I guess).

Actually, there is already a package called diald that will auto-magically  
dial up your PPP connection as needed.


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