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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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