Re: [aclug-L] help on PPP

[alx@xxxxxxx]

> On 26 Aug 1998, John Goerzen wrote:

> > Just a warning: RH's graphical tools don't get along well with the
> > command-line mode, so please use one or the other but not both.

I use them both.  The netcfg is just a python script, when you activate
a network interface it just calls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
<iface>.  

        eg for device ppp0 it calls:
        /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ppp0

The thing is, the gui tool doesn't really do any kind of checking to see
whether or not the operation was successful, it just changes the message
everytime you click the button.  So if there was an error on trying to
activate, it will still say active even though it isn't.

I just created two scripts, pppon and pppoff that call the same script
netcfg does.  A lot easier than starting the silly gui tool everytime.

There is also a nifty little gnome panel applet that will do ppp
monitoring for you.  It's called modem lights and it will put tx/rx
lights, a status light, and monitor load over the ppp connection.  When
you push the status light it will turn ppp on or off.  Kinda cool, not
really stable though.  You have to provide the scripts for it to run
(pppon and pppoff in my case).

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