Configuring timeout values

The following advanced timeout options can be configured:

Maximum link inactivity period

Set to the number of minutes before the link will be dropped if inactive. The default value is ``forever''. For information that describes specifying which packets reset this timer, see ``PPP packet filtering''.

Wait time for response to requests

Sets the amount of time in seconds allowed for responses to configuration-request and termination-request packets. The default value is 3 seconds.

Maximum configure-request retries

Sets the maximum number of PPP configuration-request retries. The default value is 5.

Maximum termination-request retries

The maximum number of PPP termination-request retries. The default value is 2.

Maximum configure-nak retries

The maximum number of PPP configure-nak retries. The default value is 10.

Maximum redial retries

The maximum number of times that UUCP will redial when trying to set up a link from an automatic dialup endpoint. The default value is 2.