From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 18 10:33:35 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA11353 for current-outgoing; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:33:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA11348 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:33:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA01171; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 18:31:05 GMT Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk (actually host cadair) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Mon, 18 Dec 1995 18:31:39 +0000 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA07024; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 18:31:34 GMT From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199512181831.SAA07024@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Subject: Re: ppp To: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 18:31:34 +0000 (GMT) Cc: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199512181826.LAA24031@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Dec 18, 95 11:26:56 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Nate Williams who said > > It does is you put it into a tight loop. :) > > while `true`; do > /usr/sbin/pppd sri.MT.net:micgate -detach \ > connect 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/ppp0/chat' $DEVICE 115200 > # If we fail, wait a little while for the line to settle down > sleep 15 > done Umm, that's going to re-dial as soon as the line drops isn't it? That's not dial on demand. Dial-on-demand saves my phone bill by only keeping the line up while I'm actually using it. Remember we pay by the minute in Europe, letting the line drop when it's idle is kinda important. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. Internet: paul@netcraft.co.uk, http://www.netcraft.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1225 447500 (work)