Subject: Re: dialup modem speed
To: NetBSD Help <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Geoff Mottram <minaret@sprynet.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/08/2000 12:27:48
> Ditto except that I am seeing a problem at one site.  I have set them
> up for PPP on demand which works fine but they also want to be able
> to dial in.  I set up mgetty on the port but when pppd exits, mgetty
> doesn't set up the modem again.  Any tricks to doing this?

ppp has the option of running shell scripts at different points in a
session.  Check the pppd man page for "ppp-up" and "ppp-down", amongst
others.  You could send a reset string to the modem at the appropriate
moment.

Geoff Mottram
minaret@sprynet.com