This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
connecting to a host immediately in the foreground.
I would like to be able to run ppp from a script so that my script can be
sure that it is connected to the 'net before it continues running:
# Dial up the internet.
ppp -background myprovider || exit 1
do-some-net-command
# Hang up the modem.
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/ppp.tun0.pid`
Another problem is that the current ppp calls its process id file
`/var/run/PPP.server', which may conflict if you have more than one IP
tunnel interface available.
Closes PR#1469
Submitted by: Gord Matzigkeit <gord@enci.ucalgary.ca>
(otherwise ppp's behavior remains unchanged) and documented by myself,
Steve Sims, Nate Williams, Martin Renters and god-only-knows who else. :-)
Submitted by: nate
Obtained from: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
to keep the link up, so it re-dials whenever it detects the link go
down. This is useful for 'dedicated' links who use PPP.
It's been used for over a year w/out problems at different sites.
on their own without even attempting to get concensus in the IETF, but
there are also lots of Win95/NT boxes out there.
CLoses PR#1494
Submitted-By: Peter Childs <pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au>
add some logging functionality which I find very useful.
'set debug link' will record just link up/down and address assignments.
'set debug connect' will record the entire chat dialog
'set debug carrier' will record just chat lines including 'CARRIER'
(so that I can be sure I'm getting a 28.8 line).
There was a global change required to permit LogPrintf to take a bit
mask instead of a bit position value (to permit logging some events
on either of two flags, so that no change in 'set debug lcp' would
result from the code supporting 'link'. Thus the diffs are rather
long for such a small change. The man page is also touched.
Oh, and there was a slight syntax problem in route.c
Reviewed by: phk
Submitted by: Tony Kimball <alk@Think.COM>
*not* our controlling terminal (SIGHUP can coming in other case)
2) Add HUPCL for non-dedicated lines to be shure that modem
properly resetted.
3) Correct usage string.
2) Improve on-line help subsystem
3) Make 'term' mode works even carrier dropped (old code
close line forever here)
4) Make 'term' mode 8bit clean.
5) Improve manual page
6) #ifdef DEBUG diagnostic about missing optional files.
7) Don't put interactive dialing info to logfile
A settable redial timer helps to avoid the problem where both ends
of a link want to dial at the same time and the line winds up busy
for both ends. The process id is logged in /var/run/PPP.system where
system is the name of the called system. When both ends of a link
are running in demand dial mode, you need an easy way to get the pid
of the ppp on the called end so it can be killed and re-started with
-direct or pppd started to handle the incoming ppp session.
2. Add secret description for "set timeout" to man.
Reviewed by: Atsushi Murai <amurai@spec.co.jp>
Submitted by: John Capo <jc@irbs.com>
dropped - devet@adv.IAEhv.nl (Arjan de Vet)
2. Will not read data from telnet connection - John Capo <jc@irbs.com>
3. Using LQM option could be drop the link due to LcpLayerDown() doesn't
stop LQR timer. - Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
4. Allow to describe a syntax of filters that is not only port number
but also by name in /etc/service. - Rich Murphey <rich@lamprey.utmb.edu>
Reviewed by: Atsushi Murai <amurai@spec.co.jp>
Submitted by: devet@adv.IAEhv.nl, jc@irbs.com, brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk,
rich@lamprey.utmb.edu
o Supporting SYNC SIO device (But need a device driver)
- add "set speed sync"
o Fixing bug for Predictor-1 function.
o Add new parameter that re-sent interval for set timeout commands.
o Improving RTT (Round Trip Time) and reducing processor time.
- Previous Timer service was using polling, and now using
SIGALRM ;-)
- A 0.94beta2 will not work correctly....
-- Follows are additinal feature not including 0.94beta2
o Support Proxy ARP
- add "enable/disable proxy" commands
o Marging common routine in CHAP/PAP.
o Enhancing LCP/IPCP log information.
o Support local Authfication connection on port 300x and tty.
- You can set up pair of your "hostname -s" and
password in ppp.secret. if either ppp.secret file nor
your hostname line don't exist, It will notify a message
and working as same as previous version.(Backword compatibility)
- If you did set up them, It's allow connection but nothing to do
except help and passwd command.
- add "passwd yourpasswd" commands
o Support afilter - keep Alive filter that a packet can send/receiving
according to ifilter/ofilter but doesn't count it as preventing idle
timer expires.
- Same syntax of other filters.
o Fixing bugs reported by current user for previous one. Thanks !!
Reviewed by: Atsushi Murai (amurai@spec.co.jp)
