From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 3 01:33:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA29487 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 01:33:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA29479 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 01:32:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (lot.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [203.20.121.21]) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA04224 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 18:02:56 +0930 (CST) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA00308; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:54:23 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199709030824.RAA00308@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jaye Mathisen cc: Mike Smith , Greg Lehey , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Sep 1997 01:02:17 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 17:54:23 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I want it, because it would be useful as part of a standard nightly modem > check to connect to each modem, verify the connect speed is something > reasonable, regardless of long-term connection characteristics, and verify > the start and execution of a valid PPP stream. ie. a modem-health survey? Fair enough, although I would be more inclined to write something using expect to do this. Again, of course, it would have been very helpful if you had included enough context in your original question to understand what you were actually asking. mike