Re: tlug: serial connection with laptop

[Karl-Max Wagner <karlmax@example.com>]

> Okay, I will try to find that book in English.  Maybe I will order it from
> Amazon.com.
????? It always has been in English. The author is a German,
sure, but he wrote it in English. Technical literature in
Germany is mostly written in English. Later on he did a German
translation, "Linux fuer Netzwerker". I have the English
version.
> I do have a question though.  If you use ppp for the nullmodem, then how to
> you pon to the ISP?  Is that what you meant by the use of the gateways?  I
No, no. That's just to connect two local computers via the
serial i/f. I use it to simulate and test installations. I have
an old 386SX20 note with 4MB RAM around, a slow bugger and I use
it to simulate an ISP and to test my config. This saves money
and at the same time allows an easy trackdown of config problems
( you just can watch at the server side ).
> guess that is also in the Networking book.
Of course. This is a PPP configuration for fixed IP addresses.
> On a slight side-note, is there a script out there to 'pon', 'smail <get
> mail option>', and 'poff'?  Just want to save some Yen by getting off the
> phone asap...
Well, you could make a script that does a regular "ifconfig" to
detect when ppp0 is up, then starts sendmail, and when sendmail
terminates, does a poff. No problem.
> Thanks Karl.  I am beginning to be very amazed at the technical prowess of
> this group.  Too bad there isn't a local chapter here in Nara-ken...
I am located in Munich, Germany, BTW........so if you have more
problems, just jump over here. Those ridiculous 20000 km.....

                                  Karl-Max Wagner
                                  karlmax@example.com
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