Re: dialup connectivity problem

[mockingbird@ihug.co.nz (Chris Bannister)]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:58:13PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> Hi Zach,
> 
> In pppconfig its under advanced options:  Persist yes, and demand yes if
> you want it.
> 
> Otherwise, in /etc/ppp/peers/the-peer-you-use,
> add the lines
> persist
> demand
> 
> 
> Persist will redial your modem if the connection is lost, after it waits
> (called holdoff).  See the pppd man page.

Interesting ... according to the pppd man page:

              The demand option implies the persist option.  If this
	      behaviour is not desired,  use  the  nopersist  option
	      after  the  demand option.   The  idle  and holdoff
	      options are also useful in conjunction with the demand
	      option.

-- 
Chris.
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