*/
int lcp_echo_interval = 0; /* Interval between LCP echo-requests */
int lcp_echo_fails = 0; /* Tolerance to unanswered echo-requests */
+bool lcp_echo_adaptive = 0; /* request echo only if the link was idle */
bool lax_recv = 0; /* accept control chars in asyncmap */
bool noendpoint = 0; /* don't send/accept endpoint discriminator */
OPT_PRIO },
{ "lcp-echo-interval", o_int, &lcp_echo_interval,
"Set time in seconds between LCP echo requests", OPT_PRIO },
+ { "lcp-echo-adaptive", o_bool, &lcp_echo_adaptive,
+ "Suppress LCP echo requests if traffic was received", 1 },
{ "lcp-restart", o_int, &lcp_fsm[0].timeouttime,
"Set time in seconds between LCP retransmissions", OPT_PRIO },
{ "lcp-max-terminate", o_int, &lcp_fsm[0].maxtermtransmits,
}
}
+ /*
+ * If adaptive echos have been enabled, only send the echo request if
+ * no traffic was received since the last one.
+ */
+ if (lcp_echo_adaptive) {
+ static unsigned int last_pkts_in = 0;
+ struct pppd_stats cur_stats;
+
+ if (get_ppp_stats(f->unit, &cur_stats) && cur_stats.pkts_in != last_pkts_in) {
+ last_pkts_in = cur_stats.pkts_in;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
/*
* Make and send the echo request frame.
*/