On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:53:58PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > I assume you're not using demand mode, and that it makes you wait while > it brings up the interface? If you _want_ it to happen in the background > though, and you don't actually need it up instantly (for stuff like > ntpdate) then surely you should be? > > I think I'm going to implement a 'permanent demand' mode for pppd which > works like demand mode but it _always_ assumes there's a demand. I have > to be careful though because I already sent Paulus the pppoatm stuff, Ah excellent... Demand dialing has a modem/isdn connotation so I didn't think I'd want to use it. I tried rp-pppoe-3.5-21 and ppp-2.4.2-6.3 + demand (current rawhide ones didn't work) and it's just about the way I want it to be now. Seems to give up permanently if the network isn't up on the first try though, if it drops afterwards it does recover nicely. -- Pekka Pietikainen
