Re: PPP kill problem

1997-11-08 Thread Matt Thompson
My ISP recently had some problems with their dialtone provider which meant I often had to make several attempts before connecting. Like you, I didn't want to wait for PON to start over. You have two choices: 1.) You can remove the 'persist' option from /etc/ppp.options_out (bo) or from

Re: PPP kill problem

1997-11-08 Thread Carey Evans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PON will have already stopped because of the carrier detect falure, but will come back in little while with a different PID. Try removing the persist flag, if it's enabled anywhere. You won't get automatic redials, though. [snip] Solution B: Edit the PON scripts

PPP kill problem

1997-11-07 Thread tmalloy
My telephone has an answering service which beeps if I have messages when I pick up the receiver. This is the same phone I use for the computer. If I forget to check the line, or if there is a time out disconnect, and there is a message(hence a beep beep beep) the scripts setoff by PON will not