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Re: ISDN + PPP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Igmar Palsenberg)
Wed Nov 11 11:32:03 1998
From: "Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg@tebenet.nl>
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:34:28 +0100
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>Hi Igmar,
>I have gotten two setups working, which are similar to
>what you are going to do. I'd be glad to help.
>Diald connects when packets want to leave, and disconnects
>after configurable timeouts for different types of packet.
>I use diald/ppp/isdn modem at home. It's an external ISDN modem.
>Also I recently installed a firewall/diald/ppp server for a little
>insurance
>company.
>So if you want the lowdown on diald, I can help Diald works fine
>once you get it set up, but there is no active maintainer. So I got info
>from other kind people who also had gotten diald working.
>Diald lets you ignore some - which is valuable if your local net has >MS
>machines that send Network Neighborhood browse packets >constantly.
>I hear that pppd itself has simple timeout capability - I'd like to
>explore
>that,
>but I beleive it does not let you ignore certain packets, and that is
>important.
>Makes no sense to me either.
I use an interncal card, and I must use synchronous PPP. It is required if
you'll have to use both channels at the same time.
>If it is like diald, you can tell it 192.168.50.50 for the IP number of the
>remote, 192.168.50.1 for the local, and tell it you want dynamic IP
>numbers.
>When it connects, it does the right thing - replace both IP numbers.
Nice. One thing down...
Thanks, Igmar
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