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At 21:00 07/02/2010, you wrote:
>Message from Steven
>===================
>Dick wrote:
>>
>> I find I have to run pppsetup every session before 
>> the modem will work.  Is this how it should be? 
>
>It is not necessary to run pppsetup every session 
>if you activate PPP in /etc/rc (which lists the
>commands run at system startup).  To activate PPP,
>edit /etc/rc and remove the # in front of insmod ppp
>and the # in front of insmod slhc.
>
>Cheers,
>Steven

It works a treat Steven, Thanks. So rc is a sort of autoexec.bat ;-) (I 
wonder what rc stands for?).
I must bone up on this and insmod too. What I don't get is what's happened to 
my old friend pppsetup
which Sindi told me about? It doesn't seem to get a mention...

Dick.

(Sent from an all-singing, all-dancing, wide screen, Bill Gates type PC... - 
also 8 years old mind you ;-))