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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:27:43 -0500
To: Mike Kercher <mike@synwork.com>, questions@freebsd.org
From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Subject: Re: ppp -auto problem
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At 09:18 AM 1/21/97 -0600, Mike Kercher wrote:
>I am still trying to keep my ppp connection up all the time (dedicated
>128k ISDN). I'll put my ppp.conf below...  If I run 'ppp auto', the system
>logs in just fine.  If I try running 'ppp -auto auto', it just sits there.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I get mine going by sending a packet out the interface... For example, if
the destination that you connect to is xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa, then try
ping -c 1 xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa

for example, my rc.local looks like

echo -n 'starting ppp auto'
/usr/sbin/ppp -auto bspro
/sbin/ping -c 1 xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa

where xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa is the IP address of the computer I connect to...


	---Mike