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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Automatic PPP connection (usermode PPP, 2.2)
Date: 4 Jun 1997 09:37:37 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <4o62n5.3d5.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com>,
conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:
[.....]
> And "timeout 120" is awfully short, too (only two minutes). I use 360
> myself, and have my mailer poll for mail every five minutes to keep the
> connection alive.
You could also use "set timeout 0" or the -ddial switch if you want to
keep the connection up.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !