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author | brian <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-08-23 23:14:24 +0000 |
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committer | brian <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-08-23 23:14:24 +0000 |
commit | c6012f587587c949071182a8a193e3e6ba06ca26 (patch) | |
tree | 1f85d88ee76f44998380e8e84812eef67f2b8b9b /usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 | |
parent | 51170301827b9d53c768e96200f3e3da24a2a471 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-c6012f587587c949071182a8a193e3e6ba06ca26.zip FreeBSD-src-c6012f587587c949071182a8a193e3e6ba06ca26.tar.gz |
Phone the number after the ``|'' whether the dial
OR login script fails.
Catch a small typo in the man page.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 index 42d9818..ad803e3 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.55 1997/08/21 16:21:36 brian Exp $ +.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.56 1997/08/21 17:16:21 brian Exp $ .Dd 20 September 1995 .Os FreeBSD .Dt PPP 8 @@ -1037,22 +1037,23 @@ dialing and redialing separated by either a pipe (|) or a colon (:) set phone "111[|222]...[:333[|444]...]... .Ed Numbers after the first in a pipe-separated list are only used if the -previous number was used in a failed login script. Numbers separated -by a colon are used sequentially, irrespective of what happened as a -result of using the previous number. For example: +previous number was used in a failed dial or login script. Numbers +separated by a colon are used sequentially, irrespective of what happened +as a result of using the previous number. For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent set phone "1234567|2345678:3456789|4567890" .Ed .Pp -Here, the 1234567 number is attempted. If the login script fails, the -2345678 number is used next time, but *only* if the login script fails. -On the dial after this, the 3456789 number is used. The 4567890 number -is only used if the login script using the 3456789 fails. If the login -script of the 2345678 number fails, the next number is still the 3456789 -number. As many pipes and colons can be used as are necessary. -The next number redial timeout is used between all numbers. When the -end of the list is reached, the normal redial period is used before -starting at the beginning again. +Here, the 1234567 number is attempted. If the dial or login script fails, +the 2345678 number is used next time, but *only* if the dial or login script +fails. On the dial after this, the 3456789 number is used. The 4567890 +number is only used if the dial or login script using the 3456789 fails. If +the login script of the 2345678 number fails, the next number is still the +3456789 number. As many pipes and colons can be used as are necessary +(although a given site would usually prefer to use either the pipe or the +colon, but not both). The next number redial timeout is used between all +numbers. When the end of the list is reached, the normal redial period is +used before starting at the beginning again. The selected phone number is substituted for the \\\\T string in the .Dq set dial @@ -1691,13 +1692,13 @@ This allows the line parity to be set. The default value is none. .It set phone telno[|telno]...[:telno[|telno]...]... This allows the specification of the phone number to be used in place of the \\\\T string in the dial and login chat scripts. -Multiple phone numbers may be given separated by a colon (:) or -a pipe (|). Numbers after the pipe are only dialed if the login script -for the previous number failed. Numbers separated by a colon are tried -sequentially, irrespective of the reason the line was dropped. +Multiple phone numbers may be given separated by a pipe (|) or +a colon (:). Numbers after the pipe are only dialed if the dial or login +script for the previous number failed. Numbers separated by a colon are +tried sequentially, irrespective of the reason the line was dropped. If multiple numbers are given, .Nm -will dial them in rotation until a connection is made, retrying +will dial them according to these rules until a connection is made, retrying the maximum number of times specified by .Dq set redial below. In @@ -1918,7 +1919,7 @@ for machine [aliasIP] to on .Dq targetIP . If proto is specified, only connections of the given protocol -are matched. This option is useful if you wish to things like +are matched. This option is useful if you wish to run things like internet phone on the machines behind your gateway. .It alias addr [addr_local addr_alias] |