[plug] Restarting ppp from a 'doze box

[Shayne O'Neill]

Beware of this! Windoze apps have a wierd habbit of wanting to talk to
base. I had a similar setup like this, and the damned thing just keep
dialing and dialing.

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Anthony Wilson wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I've got a Windoze box set up behind my firewall for my girlfriend to use,
> > and I want to allow her to start / restart / stop the ppp connection on the
> > firewall box from her machine.
> >
> > Anyone got some suggestions as to how I can go about this? (It needs to be a
> > point, click, bash PC with rock kind of solution ;)
>
> There are a number of ways.  One is to setup diald, which will automagically
> dial the net when it sees requests that should go there.
>
> The other is one of the numerous web front ends that will dial your modem for
> you.
>
> Sorry don't have a really firm "You need this" type answer.
>
> Yours Tony.
>
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