[plug] pppd options

Christian Müller mullerc at iinet.net.au
Tue Jul 17 10:29:54 WST 2001


At 10:19 17/07/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>At 10:03 PM 16/07/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>>I have another problem:
>>
>>when my computer drops the internet connection, or the server at the ISP, 
>>the server tries to reconnect. I am using the ifup script to dial up to 
>>the ISP. How can I change it so that it does not try to reconnect, when 
>>the connection is dropped. Also what is the bet MTR/MRU setting and where 
>>can I cange that?
>
>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
>then edit your "ifcfg-ppp0" file
>mtu=""  <<<put some number like 576
>mru=""  <<<put some number like 576
>persist=no


That is a bit strange, beause that is what I had, but it still tells me 
that I have a MTU and MRU of 1500. Are the settings in this config file 
case sensitive, ie is there a difference between PERSIST and persist?

Chistian



>>Thanks
>>
>>Christian
>>
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