[ale] Multiple PPP interfaces.

Joe jknapka at mindspring.com
Tue Jun 25 11:57:04 EDT 1996


>Got an interesting one.  Anyone have any experience with using 
>2 modems to 2 different connections?  I am trying to connect my
>#1 modem to my Internet Provider, and my #2 modem to my office
>(behind 2 firewalls, no telnet in) so I can access both at one
>time.  Once I get one connected, my scripts (using chat and pppd)
>won't dial the second modem.

I want to do this exact thing (except I need to buy another modem).
If you are able to get this working, please let us know how you
did it. I will probably pick up an ancient 2400bps Hayes this week,
which I'll use to poke around with this idea. I'll let you know if
I make any headway.

>Routing is going to be a different nightmare as the pppd seems
>to assign ppp0 and ppp1 to dialing order (not easy to manage)...

Ick.

-- Joe






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