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The problem I reported was that the SCO box was acting like it never got the
login or password from the linux box.

The problem turned out to be (as suggested by a fellow netter), that SCO's
getty doesn't like to have characters sent at it too quickly.

By putting a delay between the time that I saw the login and when I actually
sent the login string, It resolved the problem and the PPP connection works
great now.

One thing I'd like to see added is a dial on demand capability. It would be
nice to just be able to say telnet, and not have to think about whether the
connection is established currently or not. Maybe there's a way to do this
and I just don't know what it is yet.

Any thoughts ?!

Jeri

Use the diald package. It is in the same directory as the PPP code,
/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial.

(p.s. This is a FAQ. It any others are in the PPP-HOWTO.)

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: One thing I'd like to see added is a dial on demand capability. It would be
: nice to just be able to say telnet, and not have to think about whether the
: connection is established currently or not. Maybe there's a way to do this
: and I just don't know what it is yet.

: Any thoughts ?!

: Jeri

There is already a tool that does exactly that: diald. You can find it on
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/diald-0.7.tar.gz

I use it here on my machine and am happy with it!
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| One thing I'd like to see added is a dial on demand capability. It would be
| nice to just be able to say telnet, and not have to think about whether the
| connection is established currently or not. Maybe there's a way to do this
| and I just don't know what it is yet.

SCO does dial on demand by default, and does it well! I wish Linux had
the capability. You *can* try diald (name from memory), but get the
latest, the version I had running on 1.1.85 doesn't work on 1.2.[35].
Actually it calls just fine but it never hangs up, which is why my SCO
system is being a router these days for all the other systems in the
office.

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TMR does UNIX and other systems stuff, some real time, network and
system admin, security, C and other good stuff.

Quote:> One thing I'd like to see added is a dial on demand capability. It would be
> nice to just be able to say telnet, and not have to think about whether the
> connection is established currently or not. Maybe there's a way to do this
> and I just don't know what it is yet.
> Any thoughts ?!

David

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: | One thing I'd like to see added is a dial on demand capability. It would be
: | nice to just be able to say telnet, and not have to think about whether the
: | connection is established currently or not. Maybe there's a way to do this
: | and I just don't know what it is yet.

: SCO does dial on demand by default, and does it well! I wish Linux had
: the capability. You *can* try diald (name from memory), but get the
: latest, the version I had running on 1.1.85 doesn't work on 1.2.[35].

I've installed diald (Linux 1.2.5) and it just runs fine

: Actually it calls just fine but it never hangs up, which is why my SCO

No problems. Check config files (default entries)

: system is being a router these days for all the other systems in the
: office.

Greetings

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