[plug] debian users on ADSL tip

[Craig Ringer]

Hi all
I've just noticed that Debian's pppoeconf doesn't seem to configure 
permanant retries on pppoe connections, resulting in the server giving 
up after a few minutes of ISP downtime. I've reported it as a bug (it 
really should ask about this) but I thought I'd point out how to set it 
up in case anybody hasn't done it and/or doesn't know.

In the file /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider, add the following lines

persist
maxfail 0
holdoff 60

The latter is a delay time for between retries, in seconds (see man 
pppd). I'd be setting it to 60 or greater if setting pppd to always 
retry to avoid hammering the ISPs servers too hard (no wait, do I care?).

This message has been bought to you by iiNet's apalling DSL service with 
"Two outages per day"TM technology.

-- 
Craig Ringer
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