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From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: User-mode PPP, -auto, and -direct
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michael butler writes:
[ User-land PPP ]

I wrote about:

> [ Having PPP auto-dial the connection no matter if it's needed or not ]
>  
> Er .. I was under the impression that a "dial" command in the relevant
> (host-specific) section of ppp.conf did just this .. did I miss something ?

Yes, but want it done non-interactively all the time.  If the connection
goes down, bring it back up irregardless of the status of outgoing
packets.

> I've given up trying to use user-land PPP, however, as it is very (too)
> strict about getting either LQR or LCP echos.

Add these lines to your default rules in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf

 disable lqr
 deny lqr

The man page, although poor at least documents most of these.


Nate