From owner-freebsd-commit Thu Mar 30 12:58:30 1995 Return-Path: commit-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA08839 for commit-outgoing; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 12:58:30 -0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA08825 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 12:58:28 -0800 Received: from trout.sri.MT.net (trout.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.12]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA08818; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 12:58:22 -0800 Received: (from nate@localhost) by trout.sri.MT.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id OAA07969; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 14:02:27 -0700 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 14:02:27 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199503302102.OAA07969@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: "Andrey A. Chernov" "cvs commit: src/sys/net if_sl.c if_slvar.h slip.h" (Mar 30, 12:43pm) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: "Andrey A. Chernov" , CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-sys@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_sl.c if_slvar.h slip.h Sender: commit-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > ache 95/03/30 12:43:33 > > Modified: sys/net if_sl.c if_slvar.h slip.h > Log: > This sl enhancement helps to keep serial line (modem) connection alive. > It is common case when modem hangs with carier on but don't > receive anything from another side. > This thing commonly healed with hangup and redialing. While I agree that these changes are a good thing, isn't this one of the many reasons why PPP is a better solution for network connections than SLIP? My recommendtaions is to use PPP if you have these sorts of problems. Nate