[1111] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Using Linux as a SLIP router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Louis Frayser)
Mon Sep 18 03:53:44 1995
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 20:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Louis Frayser <frayser@earthlink.net>
To: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
Cc: raju@xgroup.ernet.in, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199509171201.NAA18270@snowcrash.cymru.net>
On Sun, 17 Sep 1995, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > exit. That's OK for a dial-up connection, but for leased circuits we
> > need a program which will hang onto the interface regardless. Even
> > slattach has problems: unless the circuit is up at the time it starts,
> > setting the line to SLIP mode fails. I could (and will) hack it a bit
> > so that it just keeps trying to set SLIP mode until it succeeds, but
> > is there a more elegant solution?
>
> Not at the moment. I'd be glad to receive one.
>
> Alan
>
Would diald work here? It will keep trying the line until it can connect.
Diald can also set a route to the remote end once a connection is made.
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