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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ppp -background does not hangup
Date: 1 May 1997 16:53:51 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <E9Gwy6.LoM@nonexistent.com>,
	"Jim Carroll" <jim@carroll.com> writes:
[.....]
> Ok, I am still having a problem with ij-ppp hanging up, but I believe this
> is a separate problem.  I am therefore going to start a new thread.
[.....]

There's a "how long to lose carrier before hanging up" register somewhere
on most modems (around S9 on USRs).  This sometimes has a dumb default
like .05 of a second.  If you up that, your "lost line" problem may
go away.

If the other side is dropping (or your line is soooo bad that it won't
stay up (snikker)), there's a new "set reconnect" directive in the
-current version of ppp that you may be interested in.  I'll back-port
it to 2.2.whatevercomesnext when I'm sure there are no problems
with it.

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !