Subject: Re: Demand Dialed PPP - NetBSD 1.1
To: Calvin <diavolo@azure.engin.umich.edu>
From: Phil Kernick <philk@dhn.csiro.au>
List: port-amiga
Date: 05/28/1996 09:31:23
Hi Calvin,
> > Is it possible to do demand dialed PPP under NetBSD 1.1?
>
> Depends, what is demand dialed PPP?
The PPP connection is only initiated when an attempt is made to access a
non-local IP address - and it's done automatically.
That means you don't have to run pppd by hand, and you don't need to put
pppd in the /etc/ttys file - which would initiate a connection on startup.
Phil.
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