Heya all:

I'm using a P-166 for dial-up/FW/routing duty to my home LAN with four
analog modems in a multi-link configuration. At the moment, I have ppp.conf
set with (among other things):

<snip>
.
clone 1,2,3,4 # create multiple links
.
link 1,2,3,4 set mode auto # set all links to autodial on activity
set autoload 5 1 300 # timer settings: <min%> <max%> <period>
.
link deflink remove # any ideas what this line does?
.
<etc.>

Its all working beautifully, except that I would like the system to bring
all four modems up immediately when any activity occurs, and then leave them
all up for 30 minutes after the last activity.

Unfortunately, since PPP's 'set autoload' setting seems to use the *same*
timer period to both create new links and kill existing links, I'm not sure
how I can achieve this using ppp.conf settings.

The settings I'm using at the moment only bring up each sucessive line after
5 minutes of activity, only to kill it after 5 minutes (300 seconds) of
inactivity. This would be great for ISDN, but is really frustrating for an
all-analog setup.

So, any ideas on how to separate the time-to-connect from the
time-to-stay-connected?

PPP throws an error if more than 3 numbers are set in the autoload line...

Also, what is the 'link deflink remove' line for? The man page mentions it
in passing and in a config sample, but never explains its purpose or whether
it is necessary. Confusingly, my system seems to work fine either with or
without this line.

Thanks,

Aaron

(For those not wishing to consult the PPP man page right this minute, the
relevant portions is listed below.)

"""
set autoload (min-percent) (max-percent) (period)

...When more than one demand-dial (also known as -auto) mode link is
available, only the first link is made active when ppp first reads data from
the tun device. The next demand-dial link will be opened only when the
current bundle throughput is at least max-percent percent of the total
bundle bandwidth for period seconds. When the current bundle throughput
decreases to min-percent percent or less of the total bundle bandwidth for
period seconds, a demand-dial link will be brought down as long as it's not
the last active link...
"""

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