Topic: How to config the PPP dialer

[Hakan Magnusson]

Is it possible to config the dialer in E-smith 3.1 only to dial my ISP
when i tell i to, and hang up in the same manual way?

[Charlie Brady]

Hakan Magnusson wrote:

> Is it possible to config the dialer in E-smith 3.1 only to dial
> my ISP when i tell i to, and hang up in the same manual way?

Not in e-smith 3.0, although it wouldn't be too hard to modify
the configuration to set it up that way.

In e-smith 4.0, which is now in beta test, it is possible to schedule
the ppp dialer to never dial. You can then use the diald-control utility
to bring the link up and down. It wouldn't be difficult to create web pages to run the diald-control program when you want to raise and lower the link.

See http://www.e-smith.org/custom/ for instructions on customising the server.

Charlie

[David]

Hi there
 
    How do I configure the PPP dialer.  I went to the
Configuration screen and changed the operation mode to
server and gateway - dialup and entered my information
but it doesn't connect to worldnet..

    Any thoughts??  Also how do (or do we have to) we
set up the modem specifically??

David

[Steve Hess]

What is the timeout setting for the ppp dialup?  Is there a way to increase that time that it is connected before it disconnects, or turn it off?  Where is that setting if there is one?  Does checking e-mail keep the connection alive?