Re: Re: [Sheflug] IPCop and dial control

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Sorry folks I made a typo in crontab. It does stop and start the dial on demand.
Perfect... big thanks.

James


Alex Wrote:
> How about executing /etc/ppp/ppp-on when you want to bring up dod, and
> /etc/ppp/ppp-off when you want it to go down?
>
> That should work, on brief inspection.

The problem with that is that it only closes the currently open ppp connection. If
a DNS request is made
the connection goes back up again.

James



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