Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 12:19:36 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to keepalive a sick ppp process? Message-ID: <199601131919.MAA27128@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199601131813.UAA16484@grumble.grondar.za> References: <199601131813.UAA16484@grumble.grondar.za>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > [ 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?) I posted this a long time ago, but due to bugs in the user PPP code, it causes lots of problems. I just applied John Capo's fixes to the code in -stable and will try and get to testing it sometime today to see if they help. Nate
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199601131919.MAA27128>