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- From: "Stephen J. Gowdy" <S.Gowdy@physics.gla.ac.uk>
- Subject: Re: Reconnect PPP after a crash ?
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- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:52:45 GMT
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- Bob Lindabury wrote:
- >
- > hankduck wrote:
- > >
- > > AM> Yep - use an external dialer program (I use IPDial V1.9). Then have a
- > > AM> "GoNet" script which dials using using IPDial then runs "StartNet". Then
- > > AM> you simply run StartNet after each crash/reboot and your connection is
- > > AM> fine again...
- > >
- > > Could you be more specific? Where does one get IPDial? Would you be kind
- > > enough to share the script with us (GoNet)? Where do these fit in your
- > > set-up? Is it ppp?
- > >
- >
- > There's a setting for PPP that checks for carrier. It's called CD and you must put
- > that in your ppp0.config for it to online the device without dumping the connection
- > according to the PPP docs.
- >
- > I haven't tried it yet but will today. I had s CSLIP connection that was rock
- > solid. I could online the device no problem after crashes and such and the modem
- > would never drop carrier. Now with PPP it seems to be dumping alot and never stays
- > up after a crash, but I'm using something called Dialup. I'm going to change to
- > the built-in dialer to see if the CD setting works.
-
- I use the ppp.device 1.30 and with the CD setting it stays up fine after a reset,
- once you've rebooted you just startnet again and everything is fine. If you use
- the built-in dial script it doesn't execute it if it sees the carrier which is
- what
- you want.
-
- regards,
-
- Stephen.
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