Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 10:31:05 -0600 (CST) From: Ali Lomonaco <ali@group.groupnet.net> To: Cam Johnson <cam@solidsys.com> Cc: Terry Todd <tlt@badger.tltodd.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question for users of pppd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970215103013.7350B-100000@group.groupnet.net> In-Reply-To: <3305C669.39829B6C@solidsys.com>
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Problem with persist is that if the reconnect fails pppd will exit. I think there is another options that specifys how many times pppd will retry after a failure. On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Cam Johnson wrote: > Terry Todd wrote: > > > > Have you ever tried putting this type of line in the options file > > disconnect "/usr/sbin/pppd" > > I am trying to come up with a way for pppd to reconnect the line if > > it drops for some reason. I don't know what the other consequences > > of putting this line in are so I am posting it here to see if anyone > > else has done this. > > > > Thanks > > Terry Todd > > tlt@tltodd.com > Merely put the line > > persist > > in your options file and it will redial and reconnect. > > My options file follows > > /dev/cuaa1 > 115200 > connect "/usr/bin/chat '' 'atdtXXXXXXX' '' '\\r' > 'rname>-\\r-name>' 'USER' 'word>' 'PASSWORD'" > crtscts > lock > defaultroute > netmask 255.255.255.0 > 0:0 > persist > modem > > The above chat script varies with the ISP's terminal server. > > Cam Johnson >
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