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Re: finding status of pppd in demand mode



also sprach Carel Fellinger <carel.fellinger@iae.nl> [2002.07.18.0308 +0200]:
> you could also look at fetchmail, I think it keeps track of packet
> count to see if the line is still active.

good spot, but packet count may well be non-increasing over some
period of time while the link is actually physically connected. it
would be wrong then to conclude that the link is down...

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