[plug] PPP on demand

[Christian]

navarre at omen.net.au wrote:
> 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,...

If you're going not going to keep the modem turned on all (or at least,
most) of the time, why bother with dial-on-demand?  Turning on the modem
probably requires more actual "work" than manually instructing a machine
to dial-up via one of several ways already suggested.

Regards,

Christian.