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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com>
To: James Robinson <james@hermes.cybernetics.net>
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Subject: Re: pppd inactivity timeout?
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On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, James Robinson wrote:

> [query about having pppd handle idle time hangups]
> 
> While not a direct answer, the iij ppp implementation does this, as well
> as dial-on-demand. It had been wrapped into current.

  Can you have multiple iij-ppp processes runing?  Is iij-ppp more 
efficient/faster than pppd + kernel ppp?

  BTW, I want a smart serial card driver!!

Tom