Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:11:48 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Daniel J. O'Connor" <doconnor@ist.flinders.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Divert sockets.. Message-ID: <19970909121148.26417@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709090200.LAA06125@lofty.ist.flinders.edu.au>; from Daniel J. O'Connor on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 11:29:57AM %2B0930 References: <199709082306.QAA05241@bubba.whistle.com> <199709090200.LAA06125@lofty.ist.flinders.edu.au>
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On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 11:29:57AM +0930, Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: > >> IMHO, the proper way to do this is to let the PPP daemon handle it >> by installing a route first (so you let the routing code determine >> whether packets are supposed to go over the WAN link or not, as it >> should) and then checking each outgoing packet for suitability as >> "demand" (not all are, e.g., NTP packets). When "demand" is seen, >> it should start dialing, etc. The same "demand" test can also apply >> to idle timeout calculations. This is how mpd does it, anyway. > > Yeah, same with ijppp, but it means you can only use those packages to > do a connection, ie its not very general... I don't understand. Which packets do you want to use? If they're not destined for that interface, they shouldn't cause a dialup. > (So its too bad if you have dialon demand ISDN :) I don't understand this statement, either. Greg
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