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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:57:15 -0700
From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: "Irvine Short" <ishort@pcm.co.za>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mark@grondar.za
Subject: Re: User PPP working nicely, more questions now
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> Problem 1: The user PPP on FreeBSD does not reinitialize the 
> connection if the leased line goes down. The modem and cable are OK 
> with CD working properly, as demonstrated by the SCO box working OK 
> for over a year.
> 
> PPP is invoked like this:
> 
> ppp -auto pm3-ct

Since this is a leaded line, you don't to dial, so you might want to try
'ppp -dedicated pm3-ct' instead.  It may be able to pickup the
connection better.

> Problem 2:
> 
> Even though I have set debug, I have no ppp.log file.

You need to 'touch' the file first, since it won't create it if I
remember right.

# touch /var/log/ppp.log

> Question 1: Can I run the serial port reliably at 57600 under 
> FreeBSD? I'm currently running it at 38400 to play safe. The COM port 
> is a 16550.

You can run it reliably at 115200 if you want. :)

> Question 2:
> 
> If I am using a leased line modem, did I do the right thing in just 
> removing the \\T for the phone number in the set dial command?

See problem 1.



Nate