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From: dparks@taurus.srccomp.com (Dave Parks)
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Subject: Question: ppp -auto
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 16:32:44 -0600 (MDT)
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Hi,

I am having difficulty getting the -auto option for ppp to work (as I
understand it to).

Here is the background:

I tried setting up ppp to autoconnect to our server.  I start ppp with:

        ppp     -auto src

Where 'src' is an entry in my ppp.conf file (ppp src without -auto works).

Now, this is where I maybe missing something.  From reading the documentation,
my understanding is that -auto will automatically connect the ppp link whenever
there is outgoing traffic.  I cannot get it to work .... *but* if I first start
ppp manually, then quit (disconnecting the connection), then restart ppp with
-auto, everything works fine (it remains inactive while there isn't any
connection, and then automatically dials/connects to the server when there is
outgoing traffic).

Do anyone have any idea why I have to first start ppp manually and then restart
ppp -auto?  Is there a setting/configuration problem that I'm missing (I'm
running the 2.2.2 release of FreeBSD from Walnut Creek).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

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