Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:06:00 -0000 From: "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com> To: "MaD dUCK" <madduck@madduck.net> Cc: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>, "Christoph Sold" <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <005601c080e2$705d49a0$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local> References: <001d01c07fbe$1d8bf840$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local> <3A65DFB9.C46DA6B5@i-clue.de> <20010117211432.C898@raggedclown.net> <001301c080db$c294d1e0$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local> <20010117214550.A22080@madduck.net>
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Hi FreeBSD has a better dialler than Linux. I tried to get diald to work on Redhat and had all sorts of problems. FreeBSD was dead easy. G D McKee ----- Original Message ----- From: "MaD dUCK" <madduck@madduck.net> To: "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com> Cc: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>; "Christoph Sold" <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>; "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 8:45 PM Subject: Re: PPP > also sprach G D McKee (on Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:17:30PM -0000): > > Thanks for your reply. My Telco bills me for a min of a 5 min call. > > Therefore I might as well get FreeBSD to kick me off if there is no activity > > after this limit has been reached, as I am paying for the call anyway. Then > > after the five min is up it switches to a different timeout value. > > > > I read you could do it some where and I can't remember where. > > please excuse as i am a linux person about to happen upon the freebsd > world, but as far as i know, the diald tool should compile on freebsd > and will give you exactly what you want. > > martin > > [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net > -- > "and if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear > you shout and no one seems to hear > and if the band you're in starts playing different tunes > i'll see you on the dark side of the moon." > -- pink floyd, 1972 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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