Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:01:45 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> To: "Nikos Vassiliadis" <nvass@teledomenet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppoe reliability Message-ID: <fb6605670605180701r2506f0e8n343f0886ffed0c01@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200605181119.58110.nvass@teledomenet.gr> References: <fb6605670605171607v3d643617g8a2ee918078db944@mail.gmail.com> <200605181119.58110.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
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On 5/18/06, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> wrote: > Enable echo so ppp will know when the other peer is down, and then will act > as you tell it to. I think enabling echo and -ddial mode will be fine, no need of > scripting, but anyways the recommended way of interacting with ppp(8) is > pppctl(8). > > from ppp man: > > -ddial > This mode is equivalent to -auto mode except that ppp will bring > the link back up any time it is dropped for any reason. > > 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''. I'll try this, thanks. I've noticed that when I drop ppp, the tun0 seems to hang on a bit. If I restart too quickly, I get a tun1. The ifconfig command will not permit me to destroy tun0 either, so I wait for a little while before bringing it back up again. Any idea why? Thanks, Mike P.S. The help from this list makes all of the difference when deciding which OS to use. -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
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