Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 08:30:58 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP -auto and -direct Message-ID: <199602201530.IAA10699@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199602200800.TAA18955@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> References: <199602200522.WAA10051@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199602200800.TAA18955@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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michael butler writes: > Nate Williams writes: > > > > timeout set to 300 (timeout for what) > > > 'timeout' is the amount of time it will wait for traffic before it brings > > the line down. > > [ .. ] > > > (But, it also won't re-dial the line if it does > > down for other reasons, such as phone line problems, etc...) > > Are you sure ? Not unless there is traffic to bring it up. It's easy to check though. Set the timeout to 0, and then power down the modem when it goes idle (and make sure that you haven't created any new outgoing data). Power up the modem and it won't redial. I tested this when I first set things up. Nate
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