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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: Neal Rigney <neal@jennifer.pernet.net>
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Subject: Re: SIGHUP and pppd
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> I cannot for the life of me get pppd to _reliably_ hang up modems.  If a 
> person is disconnected (i.e. line noise), the machine hangs up about half 
> the time.

Having the modem hang up is partially dependant on the modem settings.

I setup my modems (USR Sportsters) to do:
AT&D3 - Reset on recept of DTR.
AT&S1 - Modem controls DSR

This seems to be the trick with my modems.  They *always* hang up when
the line goes dead now.



Nate