Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:27:43 -0600 (MDT) From: wes@intele.net To: ingham@i-pi.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I want PPP to stay up all the time Message-ID: <199606220527.XAA03328@obie.softweyr.com>
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Kenneth Ingham asked:
> I'm have a full-time (modem) ppp connection to the internet. I'd
> like the link to stay up all the time. What happens now with both
> kernel and user PPP is that if the link drops (i.e. due to a noisy
> phone line), it stays down.
Frank Seltzer replied:
% Have you tried the -auto switch to user ppp? This is how I maintain a
% full-time link to the net.
%
% ppp -auto <provider>
%
% Works fine.
Also set timeout to 0 in the ppp.conf file. This should cause PPP to
redial immediately (well, within 30 seconds) if the link drops and
someone is routing traffic over it.
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