RE: [Sheflug] Dialling Internet on Demand

["David Morris" <nospam [at] allvac.co.uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Alan Dawson
> Sent: 31 August 2001 08:18
> To: 'shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk'
> Subject: RE: [Sheflug] Dialling Internet on Demand
>
>
> Thanks for  all the pointers on dial on demand.  I went with
> pppd finally
> though configuration was not as simple as i had hoped.  Some
> help from the
> kalamzoo linux user group who had a how to on pppd on demand.  see
> http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/tech/pppd-demand-dialing.txt
>
> The problem now is that one of the win98 boxes is too chatty
> and seem to
> want to call up the internet constantly.

Have a look at things like RealPlayer or anything else which may be
configured to check for updates regularly.

Also, try and see what might be bringing the line up. When I had DoD here, I
had to filter out a lot of Netbios stuff.


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David Morris
IT Manager, ALLVAC Ltd, Sheffield, UK
work: david [at] allvac.co.uk
home: david [at] brassedoff.net   http://www.davidm.demon.co.uk

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