[plug] setting up redail rules

[Leon Brooks]

Mark Vandenbos wrote:
> 
> hi ... just a quick question...
> 
> i am an internet user at iinet... and i want get as much use out of th
> system at all .. however, when i get kicked off after my my 2 allocated
> hours for the day i have to wait for about 5 / 10 mins before
> recconnecting... what would be the best way to implement this ?
> 
>  is there a dialer program that will allow me to set this, or is it better
> to set up a "getty" to do this...

In /etc/ppp/options, add:

holdoff 600
persist

This will cause pppd to wait 5 minutes (600 seconds) after disconnect
and then redial automagically.

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