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Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 15:27:40 +0800 (WST)
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.psinet.net.au>
To: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
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Subject: Re: ppp drop
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On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Steve Howe wrote:

> 
> :) :) :)
> 
> disable "lqr" prevented my PPP connections from dropping.
> 
> so i assume Line Quality Request is what the "echo" relates to,
> a check to see if the carrier is still up when there is a 
> pause in reception.
> 

That got me stuck for a long time when I first started using FreeBSD w/
ppp . Stuff like FTPs which saturate your modem can introduce very high
latencies (3 seconds) which will cause your session to hang.

Personally I'd like to see that option disabled by default. :)

Adrian