Re: dialup connectivity problem

[Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:37:53PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 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.
> 
Yes.  The persist option keeps a ppp0 device available for the demand
option to watch for traffic requests.  However, you can (I do) use
persist without the demand option.

Doug.