From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 24 22:43:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA16754 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slc108.xmission.com [204.228.136.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA16715 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id XAA03328; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:27:43 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:27:43 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199606220527.XAA03328@obie.softweyr.com> From: wes@intele.net To: ingham@i-pi.com CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I want PPP to stay up all the time Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 % % 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. -- Wes Peters | Softweyr | Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Consulting | softweyr@xmission.com