Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 22:41:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, current@freebsd.org, nnd@itfs.nsk.su
Subject: Re: PPP - why set CLOCAL for server ('-direct' mode) ?
Message-ID: <XFMail.970910224124.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199709110456.OAA06582@word.smith.net.au>
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Hi Mike Smith; On 11-Sep-97 you wrote: > > > > The solution is very simple; Upon open, you open anyway, ignoring but > > remembering DCD. If you get a change of state from inactive to active, > > you > > change the state, but ignore it. However, if the state transitions > > from > > ACTIVE to INACTIVE, you terminate the connection, close the port and > > generate SIGHUP. This is the simplest and most correct way to handle > > it. > > This is how a callout device works, although SIGHUP is only delivered > if the port is the controlling tty of the process. Note, however, that > user-mode ppp _doesn't_want_this_, which is the whole issue. So the device works properly. Good. It took several YEARS for AT&T/USL/USG/etc. to get it streight. > It wants to poll for carrier status, hence CLOCAL. Must hve a good reason... --- Sincerely Yours, (Sent on 10-Sep-97, 22:39:42 by XF-Mail) Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.643.5559, Emergency: 503.799.2313
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