[plug] PPP on demand

[Brad Campbell]

Christian wrote:
> 
> Peter Wright wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps this situation could be avoided to some degree by running a
> > domain namer server on the server machine....?
> 
> It may help some of the time... but other times it won't help at all
> since BIND would just then helpfully try and resolve the address [1]
> which would still cause the link to be brought up. :)

This is dead simple.. I take down bind when the link goes down, and
bring it back up when the link goes up..
To bring up the link from any windows box, I have a shortcut that
pings an outside ip address, no dns needed. That way the box only 
comes up when someone needs it, and it goes down when it gets
disconnected..

-- 
Brad....
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truly benefit consumers never occur for the sole reason
that they do not conincide with Microsoft's self-interest"
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