Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 12:48:30 -0500 From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: jkh@FreeBSD.org, terry@cs.weber.edu Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.org, dtynan@corrib.ilo.dec.com Subject: Re: Bug. Message-ID: <199503061748.MAA00617@lakes>
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terry@cs.weber.edu writes: > > > I have a 'slipd' process which fires off a SLIP connection at preset times, > > > and monitors the throughput using a weighted average thingy. When the > > > activity drops below a certain threshold for a certain time, it kills the > > > link. Very handy. RU interested in the kernel diffs?? > > > > Uh, no! That all sounds really gross, thank you very much! :-) > > This is of interest to those of us doomed to metered rate service > providers for anything over a minimum amount of time. Like all of us > in US West's area who are considering the new ISDN tarrif. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@cs.weber.edu Yes - I'm in *exactly* that position (although, he says jealously, not with ISDN, just SLIP.) I've been thinking about hacking shell scripts, etc... Another alternative is to simply set the modem to drop the line after one minute of non-activity, which is what I had planned to do. Anyway - please send me your stuff... - Dave Rivers -
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