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To to configure a dialup connection to an isp, or other server, first edit /lib/ndb/local and add an entry specifying the telephone number for the isp, eg: ! sys=MYISP ! telco=01234,555,1234 The the following script can be used to start a ppp session. If the modem is connected to the first serial port (COM1 on a pc) then eia1 below should be changed to eia0. This script assumes factotum and ndb/cs is already running. ! #!/bin/rc ! # ! if (! test -e /srv/telco ) ! telco /dev/eia1 ! if (! ip/ppp -f -P -b 57600 -k 'server=MYISP user=USERNAME' -p telco!MYISP ) ! exit 1 ! ndb/dns -r ! aux/timesync -n