OK, this one should be easy - I finally started to use ifup and netcfg
instead of rolling my own ppp script, and I only have one question:
When ifup notices that the interface is down, it automatically
redials. (Cool!) But, how often will it redial? Say my ISP is
having major dial-in problems, and I'm not getting connected (busy
signals, no answer, etc..)? $0.06 per call adds up, if slowly. :)
I've just had to deal with too many ISDN nutcases who have dialed
once per second for a whole month (what's this $14,000 bill for? :) to
be completely complacent about it.
I'm not concerned about tying up the ISP's port - I'm on a staff
dial-in box (read: we get the 3com betas tested on us first before the
customer pool gets messed with), so I'm not tying up anything that
they don't know about.
It seems to dial in around once per minute during some preliminary
testing, but over an 8 hour day that'd add up to $28 over a bad day.
I looked for any documentation I could find on it, but I couldn't
find anything in the archives or pretty much anywhere else. Thanks!
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