On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 10:28:18PM -0500, Matt Garman wrote: > > I'm trying to use pppd instead of diald for dial-on-demand > functionality. > > I've got the dialing and connecting part working. However, pppd seems > to ignore the "idle x" option I'm specifying in /etc/ppp/options. In > fact, I even specified the timeout period on the commandline: > > pppd idle 45 call provider > > According to the docs, this should cause pppd to timeout and hangup > after 45 seconds. However, it never hangs up. > > I even did a "tcpdump -i ppp0" and waited for well over 45 seconds, no > traffic was shown. > > I also tried using "idle 2" and pppd STILL doesn't hangup. > > If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it!
I have to admit that I never tried using "idle" on pppd in connection with diald. I always used diald's "impulse" option. Perhaps that will work for you too? This should give you more control too. HTH -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.karl.jorgensen.com /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign x - Say NO to HTML in email / \ - Say NO to Word documents in email (and Macros!)
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