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From: Mrugesh Karnik <mrugeshkarnik@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:00:08
Message-Id: 200604250024.15152.mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl by "Sven Köhler"
1 On Monday 24 April 2006 22:38, Sven Köhler wrote:
2 > > Anyway, so a related query.. My internet connection has a habit of
3 > > getting disconnected every six hours. Does the kernel mode PPPoE
4 > > automatically reconnect properly? Well, if it doesn't, how do I
5 > > start and stop the connection at will? Restart the init script?
6 >
7 > config_ppp9=( "ppp" )
8 > plugins_ppp9=( "pppoe" )
9 > link_ppp9="eth1"
10 > username_ppp9="XXX"
11 > pppd_ppp9=(
12 > "noauth"
13 > "defaultroute"
14 > "holdoff 0"
15 > )
16 >
17 > That works perfectly for me. It reconnects automatically.
18 >
19 >
20 > To start/stop the connection at will:
21 > yes, you have to start/stop the init.d-script.
22
23 Ummm, could you please explain those settings? Or could you please point
24 me the appropriate documentation where they're explained?
25
26 Thanks,
27 Mrugesh

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[gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl "Sven Köhler" <skoehler@×××.de>