Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:08:57 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de> To: G D McKee <freebsd@gdmckee.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <3A65DFB9.C46DA6B5@i-clue.de> References: <001d01c07fbe$1d8bf840$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local>
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G D McKee schrieb: > > Hi > > I have read it somewhere that there is a way if telling ppp (user mode ppp) > to stay live for a given period of time and the timeout after this. I can't > remember where I read it and would like to set it up. > > For example, the min call charge is 5min, so I might as well be connected > for this period of time as you get billed for it anyway, and then drop it > there is, lets say 60sec of inactivity. on the ppp command line, or in the configuration file: set timeout 0 deactivates the stay alive period, set timeout <n> sets the stay alive period to <n> seconds. The line is dropped after there is NO traffic for <n> seconds. This may not be what you looked for, depending on your setup. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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