Topic: How to stop a modem

[Bastien]

Hi everybody,
I'd like to know if it's possible to close a modem connexion with the 5.5 version ?
For now, i stop the modem with the OFF button but i think there is another solution.
Thanks to help me.
Bastien.

[Julien]

Bastien wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
> I'd like to know if it's possible to close a modem connexion
> with the 5.5 version ?
> For now, i stop the modem with the OFF button but i think
> there is another solution.

Hi Bastien,

For PPPOE you've got adsl-start and adsl-stop scripts ;
For modem dialup, I used to use ifup-ppp and ifdown-ppp or something like that ; I even asked friends to write me a script for doing so ;

Guess you should look in that direction...
Bye
Julien

[Bastien]

Yesd, i saw in this direction but it's for a client and he don't know the LINUX commands so i hoped to find another possibility but i don't think so now...
Thanks.
Best regards,
Bastien.

[Peter]

Hi,

If you only want the modem up for part of the day, during working hours! we put a timer switch between the power plug and the modem regulating how long the modem power is turned on.

[Bastien]

Yes, it's a solution but the problem is that the modem must be connected only for maintenance and no during working day.
Is there a initialisation string to close the dialup after a inactivity timeout ?
Thanks.
Regards,
Bastien.

[Bill Talcott]

Check into Dialmon. It controls the modem, and can accept commands from remote computers (i.e. bring your home SME's connection up and down from any Windows PC in the house).

[Michael Smith]

Here you go:

http://www.e-smith.org/contrib/rpm-index/RPM-e-smith-dialup-0.1-1.src.html

Once this is installed you have a Dialup panel in your server manager ... you can force the modem up or down as well as do many other useful things.