[plug] PPP on demand

[navarre at omen.net.au]

Hello All

I trust this message will go to the mail list, it should.

Unless the Linux box is performing some form of automated 
dial and mail fetch then the power switch on the Modem also
makes an easy and convienent method of preventing outbound
dialing. No root access required, no settup,...

Navarre

> 
> You can use diald but the latest versions of pppd support dial on
> demand.  The main problem with an IP masquerading situation is that you
> may have a situation where something sends out a DNS query and suddenly
> your link is dialed back up: this *could* be what you want but often it
> isn't.  Another approach might be to use the masqdialer software which
> provides a nice GUI interface to control the dialup on the masquerading
> box.  This gives more control over dialing and is much the same in
> behaviour as the normal Windows DUN.  Probably others will be able to
> provide more information through their own experiences.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christian.
> 
>