Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:22:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.5 release, can it be postponed? Message-ID: <199709092222.QAA26294@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <86afhmdylg.fsf@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> References: <341565dd.68501361@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> <19970909123253.13741@vinyl.quickweb.com> <86d8mie5y0.fsf@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> <199709091850.MAA25301@rocky.mt.sri.com> <86afhmdylg.fsf@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>
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> > > Yes it works, but there are a few features it would be nice to have > > > before it's unleashed on the world. Like a way to explicitly bring up > > > the link when running in auto mode. > > > > % ping remotehost > > > > works really well. > > 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.... So, let it run until the connection is up. As soon as the link comes up you'll know it. :) > ... there are times when > start-dialing-and-let-me-know-when-you've-connected is more what's > called for. You might want to try writing a shell script that checks the return value from ping, and when it returns successful then you'll know. ping -q -c 1 foo.bar.com Nate
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