On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Paul Goyette wrote:

> That's a pretty easy thing to do - just add "persist" to the
> /etc/ppp/options file.

"persist" doesn't quite work for me.  My connection drops once or twice a
day (crappy modem or crappy phone line, not sure which).  For 2-4 days,
pppd works as expected and the "persist" option detects the failure and
brings the connection back up.  But eventually, there comes a point where
the connection starts going up and down like a yo-yo; up for a couple
seconds, then down until persist decides to bring it back up, repeat ad
infinitum.  So I'm going back to the old ttys trick for the time being, as
described in the FAQ.  Anybody else seen behavior like this?

-Bill

> 
> > > I'm trippling the README, and breaking it up. PAP & CHAP will be
> > > described. And the ppp-debug script's getting fixed too (it was from
> > > the dod kit, and needed sprucing up a little).
> > 
> > How about making ppp detect when it has been disconnected and reconnect
> > (as a command line option to ppp maybe?) automatically?  Could be included
> > in the redial....  I dunno, just my 2 cents.
> > 
> > 
> > -Greg Evans (gevans@televar.com)
> > 
> > 
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