Re: pppd problem -- modem *not* disconnecting when connection lost.
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Mark W. Eichin wrote:
>
> > Where www.sgi.com is someone on the net with a solid connection. If they
> > are inaccessible, the script will kill and revive the connection.
>
> umm, *NO*. That's just the wrong thing to do (and unreliable as well.)
> (The killing is fine, I'm just arguing the choice of target host.)
You're right, that was kind of irresponsible; (and inefficient) Sorry bout
that.
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