From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 05:49:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA21565 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 05:49:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper.alcatel.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA21544 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 05:49:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id OAA21114; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:48:15 +0200 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id OAA18622; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:47:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id OAA11171; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:39:13 +0200 (MEST) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04333; Fri, 16 Oct 98 14:40:39 +0200 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA293721248; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:34:08 +0200 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 98 14:34:01 +0200 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199810161228.IAA13681@federation.addy.com> Subject: RE: PPP -bacground redials after timeout Mime-Version: 1.0 To: francisco@natserv.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="RE:" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="RE:" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, You should use the -auto ppp option (see the man page) check out processes which **LOVE** to stay connected to the Internet (eg sendmail which likes to resolve your numeric IP address) my /etc/daily process used to dial my ISP. TfH > I call ppp with: ppp -background my_isp > > I have noticed that after the timeout the connection drops, but ppp > re-dials. > > Is there a way to get ppp not to dial after a timeout? > > ---- > francisco@natserv.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message