From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 17 06:06:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09279 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 06:06:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA09262 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 06:06:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (root@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01903; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:05:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA10540; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:05:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810171305.OAA10540@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: francisco@natserv.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP -bacground redials after timeout In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:28:50 -0000." <199810161228.IAA13681@federation.addy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:05:42 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I call ppp with: ppp -background my_isp > > I have noticed that after the timeout the connection drops, but ppp > re-dials. > > Is there a way to get ppp not to dial after a timeout? Ppp -background shouldn't reconnect.... what version of ppp are you using ? What does the log say ? You may find the stuff on http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html interesting too. > ---- > francisco@natserv.com -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message