unable to disconnect the modem?!

[Edward Dekkers]

Devidas Komarath Menon wrote:
> hi,
> i have redhat 8 newly installed. somehow i configured the momdem to dial 
> out, but iam unable to disconnect. every time to disconnect, i switch 
> off the modem, thank god its an external one.
> 
> any help on this is welcome..!
> 

It really depends on HOW you set up the connection, but I can drop a ppp 
connection to the internet simply by typing 'ifdown ppp0'.

Again, it all depends, but give it a shot.

Regards,
Ed.