Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:24:30 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: Mark Hughes <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp -dedicated....how dedicated? Message-ID: <20010722142430.A725@localhost> In-Reply-To: <006201c1125a$8c543510$45e91e3e@mark2>; from mark@dvdnews.co.uk on Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:58:43AM %2B0100 References: <006201c1125a$8c543510$45e91e3e@mark2>
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As it was put forth by Mark Hughes on Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:58:43AM +0100... > I'm investigating ways to keep my ADSL line up as much as is possible. I'm > currently using ppp -auto, however while this is fine if i'm inside my > house trying to get "out", when I'm outside the house it may have > disconnected itself, and unless something inside the house tries to send > info out, it won't be connected so I won't be able to get in, if you see > what I mean. > > So, I'm going to try the -dedicated switch rather than auto, then if I get > disconnected by my ISP, for whatever reason, it will automatically keep > trying to bring the line back up. > > The question I've got is, for how long will it keep trying to bring the > line back up? Will it do it indefinately? > > I've read through the docs I can find on this, and none seem to say what > happens in the event of it not being able to connect for an extended period > of time.....say my ISP dropped the line for five hours, would > ppp -dedicated bring it straight back up after this, or would something > have timeed out? Have you checked out the -ddial option. It has the ability to do what you're looking for. Specifically the set redial set reconnect options. Ian > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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