[PLUG] ppp multi-user demand dial

[Brian Beattie]

On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 21:05, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I haven't had a ppp connection in ages and I've never had to set up PPP
> for anybody who wasn't pretty savvy from the start.
> 
> So, here's my situation.
> 
> There's this box at a friends' that is used by everyone in the house.
> They've got a dial-up account that they want to use through this machine.
> 
> So what (non-KDE) graphical tools are run as regular users for connecting
> when they need internet?  Disconnect?
> 
> I need a tool that's simple and dockable and times out after a period of
> disuse and doesn't require setup for each user (i.e., a new user can be
> created in a month and it'll just work for them).

You should be able to set it up so it dials on demans, i.e. when you try
to use the internet, it will dial out and if the link is idle for a
specific amount of time it will drop it.  How you do thi will depend on
what distro you use

> 
> Any pointers accepted.
> J.
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