From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 4 13:53:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7CC014D88 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 13:52:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA34494; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:40:10 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA01097; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:39:45 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199903042139.VAA01097@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Leif Neland Cc: Brian Somers , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP (userland) troubles ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:16:39 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 21:39:45 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Would it be possible to add an exponential delay when connecting fails for > either reason? > > I just received my specified phone-bill. It filled 42 pages, with hundreds > of calls with a duration of 17 seconds. (Because my modem needs to be > software-reset; I have mentioned this before). > > Each call costs a few cents; I'm billed both for each connect, and for > connect time. It all adds up. And I'm connected to the other modem, even > if the handshake doesn't work. Hi, Ppp now can now do an incremental redial timeout. Check the ``set redial'' command description in the man page in -current or from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html. > Leif -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message