Establishing a ppp connection

apocd has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi there

I'm researching how to establish a ppp connection to the internet through a modem
using perl, I'm having trouble finding information on the subject though, could someone
please point me in the right direction?

Thanks

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Re: Establishing a ppp connection by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 06, 2009 at 11:10 UTC
Why do you need Perl for that? Most operating systems already support that in some way.	[reply]
Re^2: Establishing a ppp connection by apocd (Initiate) on Aug 06, 2009 at 11:47 UTC
I wasn't aware of that. Will do some more digging Thanks for the heads up	[reply]
Re^3: Establishing a ppp connection by salva (Canon) on Aug 06, 2009 at 11:51 UTC
on Linux/Unix, once you have `pppd` configured, all you need to do, is probably to run... `system 'pppd', 'call', $account and die "...";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Establishing a ppp connection by apocd (Initiate) on Aug 06, 2009 at 12:13 UTC