Re: exponential dial PPP
--- Brian May <bam@debian.org> wrote:
> >>>>> "Dave" == Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com> writes:
>
> Dave> I'm pretty sure that diald will do this. Send it a 'force'
> Dave> command and it will retry failed/dropped connections with
> Dave> options for starting and maximum interval between retries.
>
> diald seemed to be an overkill for this application. I downloaded it
> and had a quick look (I didn't see the bit on intervals, so perhaps I
> was too quick), and saw that it required slip support to be compiled
> in the kernel. While I could compile SLIP support into the kernel, I
> doubt SLIP support is required in order to do what I want...
>
> I think diald is aimed at dial-on-demand, where my connection is
> permenant (or meant to be).
Have you looked at pppd's options, especially 'persistent' and the likes?
Michel
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