Re: diald and pon

[john@dhh.gt.org]

Marcus Geiger writes:
> I'm trying to get diald running. The diald example configuration comes
> with a connect script. But isn't it a better idea to use pon as the
> program to establish a connection from within diald ? Does this work?

You can't use pon as it will start pppd with the options in
/etc/ppp/peers/provider.  You can, however, use /etc/chatscripts/provider
instead of the connect script in /etc/diald.  Just put
	 connect "chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider"
in place of the standard connect line in /etc/diald/diald.options.

> Also can't the ip-up scripts shared between diald and pon.. ?

The ip-up scripts have nothing to do with pon.  They run whenever pppd
brings a ppp connection up.  Since diald calls pppd, the ip-up scripts get
run when diald brings the connection up.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI