On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 04:16:49PM -0400, Michael G. Schabert wrote:
> >A long time ago on one of the lists, someone explained their ppp setup,
> >which was configured to dial the modem when it was turned on, then kill
> >ppp when the modem was turned off.
> 
> To my knowlege, modems don't issue anything upon power-up, so you would

I think it involved CD, or one of the other control lines, perhaps
configuring the modem to hold CD high, and running pppd from getty?

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