Re: Dial Up Questions?

Thomas Pawlikaniec (neutrino@ece.mcgill.ca)
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 13:56:33 -0500 (EST)


On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Willy Peake wrote:

> What I can't figure out is how to have the box waiting for incoming
> connections yet dial out to the isp when needed and then wait for
> incoming again after hanging up?
>
> The only solution I can find is using [2] phone lines. I hope not.

No, of course not :-)
Just make sure you use the same:
1. lock files location (/var/lock/
--> will show locks in there as: 'LCK..ttyS2' for example)
2. devices (/dev/ttySxx)
in all dial-in and dial-out programs though ( /var/lock/ttySx.. ),
and all should be fine.

TP

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