dialout – Configure and control PPP links

USAGE
       linuxconf --modulemain dialout [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
       The dialout module is a configurator for PPP links over modem and other
       facilities.  It also offers interactive and command  line  solution  to
       control the link.

OPTIONS
       Without  options,  the configuration mode is started. You are presented
       with the list of PPP configurations. You can  add  new  ones  and  edit
       existing  one. This dialog is available from the linuxconf / networking
       / client tasks menu.

       --connect config [ --fore ]
              triggers a link. If the link is already up, do nothing. The com-
              mand  returns  only when either the link is up or the connection
              has failed. This offers a nice way to do scripting. One can do:

              if linuxconf --modulemain dialout --connect config
              then
                   The link is up, do something
              else
                   The connection failed, do something else
              fi

              The --fore parameter controls if the ppp  link  should  stay  in
              foreground.  This  means the command returns only if the connec-
              tion failed or the link ends.  This is useful to control a  link
              from  inittab  (5). One can use the following script to reliably
              re-connect if the link ends.

              while true
              do
                   linuxconf --modulemain dialout config --fore
              done

       --dialctl
              triggers the control panel for  PPP  configurations.  From  this
              screen  you  can  turn  on and off PPP connections. You also see
              which one is active.  This control panel is also available  from
              the linuxconf / control / control panel menu.

       --disconnect config
              terminate a PPP connection.

netconf
       The  dialout  module  used to be part of Linuxconf core and the various
       command line options were available from the netconf command.   netconf
       --connect config is equivalent to linuxconf --modulemain dialout config
       here.

SEE ALSO
       linuxconf(8)