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>There are a couple useful things you might want to add to the /etc/ppp/options
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>One is an idle time. Pppd can terminate the connection if it has been idle for
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too long. This could be nice if your isp charges by time, or if you don't
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idle X</PRE
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>Replace 'X' with the number of seconds you wish the connection to terminate
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>The next feature is "dial on demand". This means that every time
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you attempt to open an interent connection, pppd will try to open
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a PPP connection to your ISP.
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