Re: diald and dctrl

[Bob Clark <rlclark@penn.com>]

Richard Morin wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> Does anyone know what the "forcing timeout" box means in dctrl?  dctrl
> doesn't run every time, but when it does, it has a countdown going on in
> the "forcing timeout" box.  To me, this means it is forcing the link down,
> but how do I stop it from doing this?
> 
> Richard Morin
> qnc496@durhamnews.net

I have this line at the end of /etc/diald/diald.options:

impulse 86400,43200

It keeps my link up for a day (86400 seconds) then wacthes for half a
day for the link to go idle.

P.S. Having re-read the docs I think I should use:

impulse 86400,0,0

to keep it up always.

--Bob