Script-only dialup scripts anybody?

[David Colebatch]

On Monday 03 January 2005 19:14, William Park wrote:
>
> Although doable, there is no need for Bash script.  In my Slackware-9.1
> machine, there is 'ppp-2.4.1' package which contains 'chat' which will
> talk with the modem.  I can only assume that it's part of standard
> ppp-2.4.1 software.  So, download the latest 'ppp' source, and compile.

In Debian, I just typed 'pon' to turn my ppp connection on (which dials and 
authenticates etc.) and 'poff' to disconnect.

It was simple to cofigure, and multiple ISP's could be defined.

hope this helps. [you to convert to debian :) ]

-David
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