Re: [MiNT] how to detect a connection?

[Guido.Flohr@t-online.de (Guido Flohr)]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 09:29:02AM +0100, Maurits van de Kamp wrote:
> 
> > How can I wait for a ppp-connetion to establish?
> 
> In Redh*t, the ppp scripts do this by default (since RH6.1 IIRC). In other
> words, ifup ppp* doesn't return until the connection is established. I've
> looked into the scripts and it seems they do this by using /usr/bin/wvdial
> as dialler (with /usr/bin/chat as one of the parameters) instead of
> /usr/bin/chat itself.

This has nothing to do with the dialler.  The scripts /etc/ppp/ip-up and
/etc/ppp/ip-down are invoked by pppd, no matter what dialler.

Ciao

Guido