Subject: Re: PPP/Chat redial capability?
To: Jeremy Cooper <jeremy@broder.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 01/16/1998 10:47:43
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Jeremy Cooper wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 tooleym@douglas.bc.ca wrote:
>
> > [ would like pppd or chat to redial a few times before giving up ]
>
> Pppd allows you to specify any program or shell script to be used as the
> 'connect' program. It needn't be chat itself. This is very handy for
> exotic dial-in cases like SecureID (tm) and other dynamic authentication
> procedures. It also works well for special needs like yours.
Another option would be to grab the ppp kits off of ftp.macbsd.com, in
pub/NetBSD/contrib/ppp. They'll redial for you.
Take care,
Bill