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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:13:28 +0200
From:      Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Gregor Likar <gregor.likar@infrax.si>, Nejc Skoberne <nejc@skoberne.net>
Subject:   Re: Restarting DSL connection without reboot?
Message-ID:  <200611201013.29012.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
In-Reply-To: <455D6BCA.9070505@skoberne.net>
References:  <455D6BCA.9070505@skoberne.net>

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On Friday 17 November 2006 09:59, Nejc Skoberne wrote:
> I really don't like to reboot servers as soon as they lose DSL connectivity.
> Is there any "proper" way to reset the connection (network card?) so that the
> connection restores without a reboot?

Yes, the proper way is enabling echo and/or lqr. This way ppp will
know when the other peer is down and will try to reconnect. This
way you will not have to restart anything, Check /usr/share/examples/ppp
for examples and "man ppp". Set your timeouts at will. Åxcerpt from ppp
manual:

         echo
             Default: Disabled.  When this option is enabled, ppp will send
             LCP ECHO requests to the peer at the frequency defined by
             ``echoperiod''.  Note, LQR requests will supersede LCP ECHO
             requests if enabled and negotiated.  See ``set lqrperiod'' below
             for details.

             Prior to ppp version 3.4.2, ``echo'' was considered enabled if
             lqr was enabled and negotiated, otherwise it was considered dis-
             abled.  For the same behaviour, it is now necessary to ``enable
             lqr echo'' rather than just ``enable lqr''.

         lqr
             Default: Disabled and Accepted.  This option decides if Link
             Quality Requests will be sent or accepted.  LQR is a protocol
             that allows ppp to determine that the link is down without rely-
             ing on the modems carrier detect.  When LQR is enabled, ppp sends
             the QUALPROTO option (see ``set lqrperiod'' below) as part of the
             LCP request.  If the peer agrees, both sides will exchange LQR
             packets at the agreed frequency, allowing detailed link quality
             monitoring by enabling LQM logging.  If the peer does not agree,
             and if the ``echo'' option is enabled, ppp will send LCP ECHO
             requests instead.  These packets pass no information of interest,
             but they MUST be replied to by the peer.

             Whether using LQR or LCP ECHO, ppp will abruptly drop the connec-
             tion if 5 unacknowledged packets have been sent rather than send-
             ing a 6th.  A message is logged at the PHASE level, and any
             appropriate ``reconnect'' values are honoured as if the peer were
             responsible for dropping the connection.

             Refer to the ``enable echo'' command description for differences
             in behaviour prior to ppp version 3.4.2.

HTH Nikos




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