Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 01:55:05 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Ivan Carey <icarey@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to hang up a ppp connection Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10203110150040.18309-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <00ce01c1c8c7$bd7a23b0$0201a8c0@ivan>
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Ivan Carey wrote: > Hello, > I have setup a connection to the internet from my network using ppp with the help of the Pedantic PPP Primer. > > Although this primer is good at helping setup a connection nothing is mentioned on how to close a connection. > > What I am trying to achieve is: > > A user on a windows operating system connected to the LAN can dial to the internet through my FreeBSD server. > at present this is possible by them simply typing in a URL in their browser. The modem dials when this is done. > > Now when the user wishes to be able to stop browsing they should be able to click on a button or something of the like, similar to the way windows provides a disconnect. > > Has anyone been able to achieve this and if so please how? > > I do not wish the user to be able to dicsonnect by using the FreeBSD Server directly. The idea is that the FreeBSD Server will sit in a corner doing its thing while the users use their windows pc's. > > Thanks, > Ivan > Please wrap lines at ~72 characters or so. Do you really want a user to be able to hang up ppp? Maybe you have another user at another computer still surfing? Perhaps the -auto mode option for ppp is what you want--it establishes a connection when there's traffic to handle. You can set a timeout (the default is, I think, 300 seconds) so it hangs up the connection when there's no traffic. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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