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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!candle.pha.pa.us!not-for-mail From: root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: PPP disconect after a period of time Date: 13 Jun 1996 01:32:10 GMT Organization: a consultant's basement Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4pnr2q$f3u@picasso.op.net> References: <4p7jej$701@mikasa.iol.it> <4p86hs$3b4_002@news.livenet.net> <Edina1996Jun10.155016.32660@news3.compulink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s1-03.ppp.op.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Derek Snider (derek@idirect.com) wrote: : The "id=", section of the ppp.sys file doesn't seem to work, (at least in : BSDI 2.0.1), and neither does setting idletime with pppconfig. It always worked for me with ppp.sys and pppconfig. The number is in seconds. Any traffic on the line resets the timer, so if you are running routed (without -q) or anything else that generates regular traffic, it will not bring down the route. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)