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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 1996 15:51:41 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        jerry@border.com (Jerry Kendall), questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Telling if User PPP is up or down
Message-ID:  <199602152251.PAA01813@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <199602152112.OAA03021@phaeton.artisoft.com>
References:  <96Feb15.155001est.20482-2@janus.border.com> <199602152112.OAA03021@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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Terry Lambert writes:
> > Call me bind, BUT, How is this going to tell if the dial-on-demand
> > feature has the line currently in use.
> 
> replace "ppp" with the name of the program that is running the link.
> 
> If the program that is there when the link is there is present, then
> the link is up.

Umm, it seems you missed something..

> Call me bind, BUT, How is this going to tell if the dial-on-demand
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The line may be taken, but the link may not be 'up' if there is no
demand for it.


Nate



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