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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: help - ppp keep-alive, bash 2
Date: 19 May 1997 11:45:26 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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To: JD Thomlinson <jthom@synet.net>
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[Posted and mailed]
In article <337CBCC7.7ED2@synet.net>,
JD Thomlinson <jthom@synet.net> writes:
[.....]
> 2) ppp is up ok, but I can't figure out the proper method
> for keep-alive. (Sorry to admit I've been running ping
> from ttyv2 ;-( )
If you want to say up all the time, use the -ddial
switch (RTFM ppp).
> If at all possible, email me as my ISP's news server goes
> up and down often. (Not their problem, at least directly.)
>
> Regards, JohnT
>
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !