Bug 36073

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Package:           kppp
Version:           KDE 2.2.2 
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified

It's currently pretty difficult to setup kppp for auto-answer or callback:

auto-answer:
- kppp seems to require a phone number. It should offer an answer mode where it just waits for RING and then connects using ATA (or whatever the answer string is - it is already present in the modem setup)

callback:
1. the help describes a situation where the server calls back after an initial connection had been made and the client authenticated. This works fine with kppp however the kppp global modem configuration has to be changed. If only some connections use this callback scheme this won't work.
- if the server does not answer the phone call but rejects it and uses the caller-id of the caller to call back the caller (this saves the cost of the initial phone call) I don't see a way to do the setup with kppp. kppp will get a BUSY string and terminate.

One could tweak the kppp global modem configuration to accept OK instead of CONNECT for the connect string and then append a ; to the phone number but again this won't be a good solution if there are connections that don't use this scheme.

My suggestions:
1. allow for multiple modem configurations
   (even multiple per device)
2. let user choose modem configuration per
   connection
3. make specification of phone number optional
4. when no phone number is specified go right into connect script where users can do their own setup

Either 1+2 or 3+4 would solve the problems both would be best.

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