[aclug-L] Re: Diald

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why use diald at all?  Just add this to your /etc/ppp/options file:

demand
idle 1200
persist
10.10.10.10:206.53.111.111
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote

That tells pppd to A) Dial on demand, D) Disconnect after 1200 seconds
idle (20 minutes), C) keep running even after a disconnect, so it can dial
on demand again later, D) gives it a local and remote IP address for
routing purposes when the link is down, E) Tells it to renegotiate the
*real* local IP address when a connection is made and F) Tells it to
renegotiate the *real* remote IP address when a connection is made.

Much easier than configuring diald, and just as effective (if not more
effective) for most uses.


On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Curtis Hawthorne wrote:

> I finally got Diald setup, and it is working great,
> but i have one question.  How do I change the amount
> of idle time before it disconnects?  Right now it is
> probably set to 5 minutes or something and I would
> like it to be around 20 min.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Curtis H.
> 
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