news@absamail.co.za writes:
> > C++: I also started to write a program in c++:

ick.

> > Sending AT commands to
> > /dev/ttyS0 is something easy. The point where I got stuck was: I had no
> > idea how to start the ppp connection after I initialized the modem. How
> > did you do that? If I knew how to implement ppp into my project, it
> > would be the best solution.
>
> I'm cross-posting this to Newsgroup: comp.protocols.ppp
> where you can get advice from 'world specailist[s]' on ppp.
> I got just such advice.

Fork and exec /usr/bin/pppd with the file descriptor for that serial
device dup2'd into 0 and 1.

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James Carlson wrote:

> news@absamail.co.za writes:
>> > C++: I also started to write a program in c++:
>
> ick.
>
>> > Sending AT commands to
>> > /dev/ttyS0 is something easy. The point where I got stuck was: I had no
>> > idea how to start the ppp connection after I initialized the modem. How
>> > did you do that? If I knew how to implement ppp into my project, it
>> > would be the best solution.
>>
>> I'm cross-posting this to Newsgroup: comp.protocols.ppp
>> where you can get advice from 'world specailist[s]' on ppp.
>> I got just such advice.
>
> Fork and exec /usr/bin/pppd with the file descriptor for that serial
> device dup2'd into 0 and 1.
>
Try the easyconnect program, otherwise knows as gprsec. It wrapps up all
this stuff for you.

David
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