Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 02:22:06 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: scott@statsci.com, vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su, questions@FreeBSD.ORG (freebsd questions mailing list) Subject: Re: current ppp sources Message-ID: <199708190122.CAA15949@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 1997 10:04:45 BST." <199708020904.KAA11535@awfulhak.org>
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> > Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> wrote: > > > > > Won't > > > > > > set phone "111111:222222:111111:333333" > > > > > > solve this ? > > > > How? Isn't it just cycling to the next number every time it tries to dial out? > > What I was thinking of as a normal mode when everything is working right would > > be that the first number is the only one that ever gets dialed. The remaining > > numbers would be fallbacks in case there was some sort of error getting > > connected to the first one. (note that I'm using the -auto flag, so the > > connection times out and gets re-established frequently while the system is > > up). > > > > Maybe it could be a different syntax to denote fallback numbers like this: > > > > set phone "100|101|102:200|201|202" > > > > to use ":" to separate numbers that should be used in sequence. Use "|" to > > separate primary numbers from their fallbacks. So, in the above, if all of > > the phone numbers are successfully connecting, it would alternate between > > "100" and "200". It would only try "101" if "100" failed. > > Sounds reasonable. I'll put it on my ever-increasing list :-) It's in -current and available from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian. Check out the 970817 archive (or any subsequent ones). > > Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) > > 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 > > scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 > > Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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