From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 13 10:14:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA06031 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 10:14:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA06022 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 10:14:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (mark@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA16484; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:13:37 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199601131813.UAA16484@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host mark@localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Nate Williams cc: patl@Phoenix.volant.org, nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, mark@grondar.za, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to keepalive a sick ppp process? Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:13:35 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams wrote: > [ PPPD ] > > > I'm using a USR 28,800 Sportster, which drops the line occasionally. > > My solution is to run 'ping -i 60 HISADDR', where HISADDR is the IP > > address of the machine at the other end of the PPP link. The '-i 60' > > keeps the ping packets down to one a minute, so the overhead is > > insignificant. If the line is dropped, it is less than a minute before > > a redial is triggered by the ping packet. > > Ahh, in this sort of case, you want my '-ddial' (Demon Dialer/Dedicated > Dialer) fixes. Basically, those patches cause the system to keep the > line up no matter what. No pings are necessary, since the ppp process > knows when the line goes down and it tries to bring it back up. Ooooh! Yes please! (when is this going to hit the Prime Time?) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key