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Re: Redialing ppp



David J. Kanter writes:
> How do I set up pon to redial if the telephone number is busy?

By giving pppd the 'persist' option.

> here are example scripts in the /usr/doc/ppp/examples but those are for
> ppp-on, which I don't think is the same as pon, right?

Yes, but they are all ways of starting pppd.

> Perhaps I'm a little confused as to the difference between the three
> potential dialers I have: wvdial, pon/poff, and ppp-on/ppp-off.

add 'persist' to /etc/ppp/options.  That will work for pon and ppp-on, and
I think for wvdial as well.
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