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From: brian@anorak.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: pppd dial on demand possible?
Date: 3 Dec 1996 14:28:40 -0000
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In article <57va8e$ejd@bermejo.cibnor.mx>,
lmiller@cortes.cibnor.mx (Larry Miller [DT]) writes:
: Hi, Folks--
:
: We've been having trouble with ijppp and spontaneously dropping modem
: connections from what appears to be an overflow on outgoing packet floods,
: so we're investigating running pppd instead. Is there any way to make
: pppd dial on demand?
Nope - not currently. I've never had such problems with iijppp - are you
sure you havn't got a low CD timeout and a noisy line ? Have a look at
your modem manual around S8 (on a USR). Set your CD timeout to a couple
of seconds and see if things get better.
--
Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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