From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jun 18 02:56:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA14120 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 02:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tommie.ngonet.be (tommie.ngonet.be [193.190.166.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA13964 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 02:48:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from koekiemonster.ngonet.be (koekiemonster.ngonet.be [193.190.166.75]) by tommie.ngonet.be (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA00554; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:47:20 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <31C67B15.24D2@ngonet.be> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:47:01 +0200 From: Gunter Loos Organization: NgoNet Brussels Belgium X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD ISP Mailing List , Linux ISP Mailing List , Linux Servers Mailing List Subject: PPP callback Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hiya all, is it good practice to set up a ppp dial back account as follows: o first make a regular account, that triggers a script o this script takes control of a modem, and calls back to a certain number o the user then has to configure its machine to handle the incoming connection? Can anyone point me to a source for info on this subject, or has anyone done it his/herself? I'm using user ppp, with mgetty on a FreeBSD-box (but I think the os is irrelevant here). Tricky things are (I think) how to control the modem, and how to _give_ a login prompt to the dial-out line.. Thanks in advance, Gul -- . .__ . |Nationaal Centrum voor OntwikkelingsSamenwerking vzw, NgoNet _| _ [ __ | |Voice Gunter.Loos@+32 2 5392620 Fax +32 2 5391343 (_](/, [_./(_|| |mailto:gul@ngonet.be "You are all weirdos." - Sam the Eagle ----MijnEigenWoordenNietVanIemandAnders - MyOwnExpressionsNotSomeoneElses----