Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:26:55 +0100 From: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> To: TOPCAT CONSULTING <topcat@sk.sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: determining PPP connection speed? Message-ID: <20010313102655.A2216@goku.kasby> In-Reply-To: <3AAD9A17.4A69B009@sk.sympatico.ca>; from topcat@sk.sympatico.ca on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:55:04PM -0600 References: <3AAD9A17.4A69B009@sk.sympatico.ca>
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:55:04PM -0600, TOPCAT CONSULTING wrote:
> How would one configure ppp to report the speed at which
> my modem connects to my ISP's modem?
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> I'm using FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE and from 'show version':
> PPP Version 2.11 - $Date: 1999/05/02 08:59:38 $
>=20
> Oh, I can do it manually, with "ppp" then "term" and then
> ATDT15554443333
> and watching the screen, but is this the ONLY way to see
> the connected speed? I'm suspecting that many times
> I'm only connecting at 14.4 or 28.8 at best. When I connect
> at 14.4, I'd like to know so I can disconnect, and hope that a redial
> will negotiate a higher speed. (Very poor rural telephone line--
> Very expensive USR 56K Courier External modem)
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> :-)
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=46rom chat(8) manpage:
-r <report file>
Set the file for output of the report strings. If
you use the keyword REPORT, the resulting strings
are written to this file. If this option is not
used and you still use REPORT keywords, the stderr
file is used for the report strings.
Add the REPORT option in your chat script:
# Abort the chat script if the modem replies BUSY or NO CARRIER
ABORT BUSY
ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
# Display the CONNECT string in the report file
REPORT CONNECT
# Wait up to 5 seconds for the reply to each of these
TIMEOUT 5
'' ATL1
OK ATDTxxxxxxxxxxx
# Wait 60 seconds for connection
TIMEOUT 60
CONNECT
Then add the option:
-r /var/log/modem.log
to the call of chat program.
Each time you connect to your ISP you'll see something like this in the log
file:
Opening "/var/log/modem.log"...
chat: Mar 13 09:02:01 CONNECT 49333/ARQ
Closing "/var/log/modem.log".
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