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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:37:36 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net>
To:        Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk>
Cc:        nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ppp
Message-ID:  <199512181837.LAA24072@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <199512181831.SAA07024@cadair.elsevier.co.uk>
References:  <199512181826.LAA24031@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199512181831.SAA07024@cadair.elsevier.co.uk>

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> > It does is you put it into a tight loop. :)
> > 
> > while `true`; do
> >     /usr/sbin/pppd sri.MT.net:micgate -detach \
> >         connect 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/ppp0/chat' $DEVICE 115200
> >     # If we fail, wait a little while for the line to settle down
> >     sleep 15
> > done
> 
> Umm, that's going to re-dial as soon as the line drops isn't it? That's not
> dial on demand. Dial-on-demand saves my phone bill by only keeping the
> line up while I'm actually using it. Remember we pay by the minute in
> Europe, letting the line drop when it's idle is kinda important.

Ahh, right.  I keep forgetting that I demand that my connection be up
all the time.  ;)


Nate



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