From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 11 20:01:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA19104 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:01:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.com (dyn018-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA19099 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:00:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from frankd@localhost) by Kryten.nina.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA15846; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:55:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:55:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.com To: root cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, root wrote: > > I would like to know how to make a freebsd box on bootup, dial up a > provider and establish a ppp connection automatically and if that > connection is broken, re-establish it immediately. Does anyone know how > to do this? > > Thanks, > > Sam I am doing exactly the same thng you want to do as I maintain a 24/7 link to my ISP. When I first started to set up ppp ( I assume you want to use ppp rather than pppd ), I read the Handbook, the man page and the sample files in /etc/ppp. These contain all the info you will need to get up and running. Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House.