Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 09:24:43 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> To: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dial In PPP & Dial Back. Message-ID: <Chameleon.854472372.List@journeyman> References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970128100337.12607A-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au>
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That is cool, but it is the revurse of what I need. I'm going to be at the FreeBSD box dialing into a Shiva LandRover. I dial in, exchange passwords, then it hangs up on me, dials me back and we exchange passwords again, then I have access to the network (On the Companys bill). -Sean --- On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:11:11 +1100 (EST) Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > > > How can you configure FreeBSD to accept a dial back? I'm going to be dialing > > in long distance from home to the office on an ISDN line and the Shiva > > LANRover will be doing dial back for security and telco charges. How do I set > > FreeBSD up so that I can do the dial in, hang up and accept a call back to log > > into the network? > > I just wrote a little script that waits a few mins, runs ppp, sets up a keep > alive ping, and exits. Something like.. > > #!/usr/bin/sh > #connectup.sh > # > sleep 100 > ppp work & > sleep 100 > ping -i 119 some.address.at.work & > > So I just dial into the freeBSD box, get a terminal session happening, > execute 'nohup connect.sh &' and hang up. 100 seconds later my machine > dials back into work, establishes a ppp session, and all is cool. > > cheers > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz <schluntz@pinpt.com> Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 01/28/97 09:24:44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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