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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:54:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Kercher <mike@synwork.com>
To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
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Subject: Re: ppp -auto problem
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I've tried pinging the IP of the host router, telneting to that router and
telneting elsewhere to no avail :)

Mike


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On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Mike Tancsa wrote:

> 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
> 
>