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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: PPP -auto and -direct
To: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:00:39 +1100 (EST)
Cc: mnewton@io.org, hackers@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199602200522.WAA10051@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Feb 19, 96 10:22:02 pm
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Nate Williams writes:

> >  timeout set to 300 (timeout for what)
 
> 'timeout' is the amount of time it will wait for traffic before it brings
> the line down.

 [ .. ]

> (But, it also won't re-dial the line if it does
> down for other reasons, such as phone line problems, etc...)

Are you sure ?

	michael