From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 14:04:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA13689 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:04:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from top.worldcontrol.com (surf52.cruzers.com [205.215.232.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA13642 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:04:27 GMT (envelope-from brian@litzinger.com) From: brian@litzinger.com Received: (qmail 12557 invoked by uid 100); 14 Apr 1998 21:05:34 -0000 Message-ID: <19980414140529.B12460@top.worldcontrol.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:05:29 -0700 To: Capriotti , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP ADVANCED ISSUES Mail-Followup-To: Capriotti , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3.0.32.19980414204444.00b13100@pop.mpc.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980414204444.00b13100@pop.mpc.com.br>; from Capriotti on Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 08:44:49PM -0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On %M 0, Capriotti wrote: > Hello, again. > > >From time to time, my connection with my ISP goes bad, lowering the > response time and even the speed for the data flow. > > Is there a way to instruct PPP or PPPD to > discnnect and reconnect in case of bad thruoghput ? I don't know about the implementation in FreeBSD, but PPP has a protocol called LQR (link quality report). Some PPP implementations can be configured to drop the connection and reconnect if the LQR reports are below a certain threshold. However, they directly address lost data rather than slow data. However, LQRs which don't respond in time can count against a slow connection. I could also envision a script which pings the ISP side of the interface. If the times come back too slow, you could kill off the PPP session and spawn another. -- Brian Litzinger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message