Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:52:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Behrens <matt@megaweapon.zigg.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 release, can it be postponed? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970909175100.22952A-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970909172920.10888A-100000@unix.nmarcom.com>
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On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Will 'Mit' Rowe wrote: > On 9 Sep 1997, Don Croyle wrote: > > Unless it takes so long to connect that the queue for outgoing packets > > fills up. Not something that happens in just two or three tries, but > > it it goes much beyond that.... > my tactic is... > > ping -c 5 remotehost > > in a crontab entry. :) If you're going to do that, you might as well use -ddial, which stays up all the time. -auto is for when you want the link to come up on demand, i.e. when you request a web page, or pick up your e-mail, etc. Matt Behrens | matt@zigg.com MST3K #85995 | http://www.zigg.com/
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