Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:35:37 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Irvine Short" <ishort@pcm.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nate@sri.MT.net Subject: Re: -ddial patches for IIJ-PPP and -dedicated Message-ID: <199603071535.IAA01103@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <7C5B62E29D0@pcm.co.za> References: <7C5B62E29D0@pcm.co.za>
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> >OK, here are my 'ddial' patches updated to the most recent version of > >ppp in -stable. If you use 'ppp -ddial host', it will do it's > >darndest to keep the link up *all* the time, no matter if there is > >traffic needing to be sent. > > > >Nate > > As in a previous post, I am using my FreeBSD box to connect the local > LAN to the Internet, so I need the link to be up all the time. > > Atsushi Murai suggested that I use the -dedicated option which does > not seem to work. > > What is the difference between -dedicated and -ddial? '-dedicated' assumes there isn't any need to dial since it's a dedicated line, while '-ddial' is a dedicated dialup line, so it knows to dial. > Where (I guess in stable) do I get the newest ppp code and more > importantly how would I go about compiling it into my system. I am a > complete newbie at that sort of thing. Does the code in stable > contain both dedicated and ddial modes? Nope, the patches you deleted need to be applied to the code in -stabl. Nate
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