[ILUG] Dial-on-demand question

From: Barry Redmond (bredmond at domain electronics.dit.ie)
Date: Mon 11 Oct 1999 - 10:30:08 IST

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Hi,

This isn't strictly a Linux question, but someone here may have
encountered the problem before so I'll ask...

I've set up an old PC as a Linux dial-on-demand gateway for a small
LAN of Win95 machines. I've used pppd and chat and everything works
fine, except that I've noticed that if a Win95 user closes down their
Netscape browser when the dial-up link is down it causes the gateway
to dial out. Does anyone know exactly what/why the browser is
transmitting? Is there any way to stop it doing that? Is there any
way to identify these packets at the gateway & prevent them causing a
dial out?

Thanks,
Barry Redmond

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