Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:10:17 -0000 (GMT) From: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr" <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> Subject: RE: PPP -bacground redials after timeout Message-ID: <199810170109.VAA08724@federation.addy.com> In-Reply-To: <199810161620.MAA31731@laker.net>
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On 16-Oct-98 Steve Friedrich wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 98 14:34:01 +0200, Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > >>check out processes which **LOVE** to stay connected to the Internet (eg >>sendmail which likes to resolve your numeric IP address) > > Setup a local DNS to prevent this, it's easy with FreeBSD... > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. Thanks for the feedback and I have plans to setup a local DNS. However what I am looking for is WHY ppp dialed. Notice I am not using ppp in auto mode. I am using it background mode. >From what I understand of the man page, and please correct me if wrong, background mode becomes a daemon if it connects. It doesn't mention anything about re-dialing if connection is dropped. I understand auto is supposed connect every time there is a packet. Does background has this behavior too? For instance if I use pppctl and do a "close" on ppp. It not only drops the connection, but terminates ppp also. ---- francisco@natserv.com The power to serve. http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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