From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 29 05:15:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA15040 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 05:15:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14982 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 05:14:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24120; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:14:51 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id IAA00595; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:49:01 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199901290849.IAA00595@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Leif Neland cc: Brian Somers , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP (userland) troubles ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:16:39 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:49:01 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Would it be possible to add an exponential delay when connecting fails for > either reason? > > I just received my specified phone-bill. It filled 42 pages, with hundreds > of calls with a duration of 17 seconds. (Because my modem needs to be > software-reset; I have mentioned this before). > > Each call costs a few cents; I'm billed both for each connect, and for > connect time. It all adds up. And I'm connected to the other modem, even > if the handshake doesn't work. I've added a set redial seconds[+add[-max]] attempts to my TODO list. > Leif -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message