That's a pretty easy thing to do - just add "persist" to the
/etc/ppp/options file.

I dunno if it'll work with dynamic addressing, though.  At the very least
any active connections would _have_ to die if the IP address changes.

On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, G. Evans wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 20:51:38 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
> > To: port-mac68k <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
> > Subject: ppp FAQ suggestions
> > 
> > Howdy!
> > 
> > Also, what'd people like to see added?
> > 
> > I'm trippling the README, and breaking it up. PAP & CHAP will be
> > described. And the ppp-debug script's getting fixed too (it was from
> > the dod kit, and needed sprucing up a little).
> 
> How about making ppp detect when it has been disconnected and reconnect
> (as a command line option to ppp maybe?) automatically?  Could be included
> in the redial....  I dunno, just my 2 cents.
> 
> 
> -Greg Evans (gevans@televar.com)
> 
> 

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