Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:14:32 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de> Cc: G D McKee <freebsd@gdmckee.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <20010117211432.C898@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3A65DFB9.C46DA6B5@i-clue.de>; from christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:08:57PM %2B0100 References: <001d01c07fbe$1d8bf840$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local> <3A65DFB9.C46DA6B5@i-clue.de>
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:08:57PM +0100, Christoph Sold wrote: > > > G D McKee schrieb: > > > > Hi > > > > I have read it somewhere that there is a way if telling ppp (user mode ppp) > > to stay live for a given period of time and the timeout after this. I can't > > remember where I read it and would like to set it up. > > > > For example, the min call charge is 5min, so I might as well be connected > > for this period of time as you get billed for it anyway, and then drop it > > there is, lets say 60sec of inactivity. > > on the ppp command line, or in the configuration file: > > set timeout 0 deactivates the stay alive period, > set timeout <n> sets the stay alive period to <n> seconds. > > The line is dropped after there is NO traffic for <n> seconds. This may > not be what you looked for, depending on your setup. No i think he is looking for a way of limiting the length of connect time, whatever. Not a simple timeout. I dont think PPP has this facility inbuilt. The easiest way is probably to write a script to set off in ppp.linkup that sleeps for the desired time and then hangs PPP up... #!/bin/sh # sleep 300 killall -HUP ppp Or something like that.. Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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