RE: pppupd... where has it gone ?
[cc'ing the list again]
On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 03:46, Ian Perry wrote:
> Excellent !!
glad to be of service :)
> I had tailored pppupd to check every 30 mins (to keep the phone bill down
> when the ISP goes tropical). I am guessing I can use "holdoff" for this
> function.
Have a look at the demand option: Initiate the link only on demand,
i.e. when data traffic is present.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mario Vukelic [mailto:mario.vukelic@dantian.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 1:15 PM
> To: Debian Users
> Subject: Re: pppupd... where has it gone ?
>
> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 01:40, Ian Perry wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed that pppupd is not in Debian 3.
> >
> > Is there something different, or has pppd been modified/updated to take
> care
> > of redialling after a connection is broken on a modem ?
>
> man pppd:
>
> persist
> Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen
> the connection. The maxfail option still has an effect on persistent
> connections.
>
> maxfail n
> Terminate after n consecutive failed connection attempts. A value of 0
> means no limit.The default value is 10.
>
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