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From: pimin@diac.com (Paul Newhouse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: pppd dial on demand possible?
Date: 5 Dec 1996 02:28:06 GMT
Organization: Rockhead Enterprises
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In article <581deo$2qv@anorak.utell.net>,
	brian@anorak.utell.net (Brian Somers) writes:
>In article <57va8e$ejd@bermejo.cibnor.mx>,
>	lmiller@cortes.cibnor.mx (Larry Miller [DT]) writes:
 
>> We've been having trouble with ijppp and spontaneously dropping modem
>> connections from what appears to be an overflow on outgoing packet floods,
>> so we're investigating running pppd instead.  Is there any way to make
>> pppd dial on demand? 

>Nope - not currently.  I've never had such problems with iijppp - are you
>sure you havn't got a low CD timeout and a noisy line ?  Have a look at
>your modem manual around S8 (on a USR).  Set your CD timeout to a couple
>of seconds and see if things get better.

After you check all suggested above, take a look at:

   ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ppp-2.3b3

Good luck,
Paul
-- 
    If you don't have source code, it's firmware.
    Never trust software with a version number ending in ".0".
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