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Subject: Re: I want PPP to stay up all the time
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On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Kenneth Ingham wrote:

> OS: FreeBSD 2.1.
> 
> I'm have a full-time (modem) ppp connection to the internet.  I'd like the  
> link to stay up all the time.  What happens now with both kernel and user PPP  
> is that if the link drops (i.e. due to a noisy phone line), it stays down.
> 
> I've gone over the man pages and the FreeBSD Handbook and have found nothing  
> that seems to help.  I would dig through the source, but my CD drive is dead  
> (but under warranty, so will eventually be replaced).
> 
Hello Kenneth.

I use the /etc/ttys file to resolv it.
I put a line in the form...
cuaa1 "/usr/sbin/pppd -detach passive /dev/cuaa1 57600" vt100 on secure
so if the ppp drops, the init program start it over again...