Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:13:35 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: patl@Phoenix.volant.org, nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, mark@grondar.za, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to keepalive a sick ppp process? Message-ID: <199601131813.UAA16484@grumble.grondar.za>
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Nate Williams wrote: > [ PPPD ] > > > I'm using a USR 28,800 Sportster, which drops the line occasionally. > > My solution is to run 'ping -i 60 HISADDR', where HISADDR is the IP > > address of the machine at the other end of the PPP link. The '-i 60' > > keeps the ping packets down to one a minute, so the overhead is > > insignificant. If the line is dropped, it is less than a minute before > > a redial is triggered by the ping packet. > > Ahh, in this sort of case, you want my '-ddial' (Demon Dialer/Dedicated > Dialer) fixes. Basically, those patches cause the system to keep the > line up no matter what. No pings are necessary, since the ppp process > knows when the line goes down and it tries to bring it back up. Ooooh! Yes please! (when is this going to hit the Prime Time?) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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