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Re: [PLUG] Ethernet/DSL setup question
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On 15 Mar 2001 23:32:04 -0500, Michael C. Toren wrote:
> > pppoe is only used for cable/dsl connections, AFAIK. Like any ppp
> > connection, you have to start and stop the service. So much for 'always
> > on" service. :-/
>
> Right, but you can just start pppd on boot, and never kill it, yes? If
> you're using the Debian package, this is as easy as moving the file
> /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot.
Verizon (for one) kills your connection from their end occasionally. And
no, not from DHCP leases expiring; the log actually states something
like "connection disconnected by remote peer". The RP client
automatically reconnects you. Or is supposed to. Kind of like "re-dial
on disconnect". You usually get the same IP back, altho not always.
And staying online constantly is - I believe - against Verizon's TOS.
DSL doesn't mean full-time connection, as far as Verizon is concerned.
As I've always said, Verizon sucks. Badly.
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