Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:16:06 -0400 (EDT) From: John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to reset dsl connection Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0206200907220.1948-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> In-Reply-To: <20020620004440.A5788@skytrackercanada.com>
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Hi David - On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, David Banning wrote: > I came in this evening only to find out that my server has been down for > 3 hours. I kill and restarted my ppp connection which did not solve it. > I simply powered down the external modem and turned it on again and > I was back up and running. > I wonder how this is possible to do through the shell. > It is easy enough to test the connection and then have it execute a > script when the connection is down, but I don't know where to go from there. This is not uncommon for us with our ADSL connection to DirecTV/Telocity in Atlanta: I probably average around 15 drops/year (a bit more than one per month). I have asked our Linux group here (ALE.org) and S.O.P. seems to be an X-10 control on the modem's power, a script to 'ping' some external host every few minutes to check connectivity, and an X-10 package called 'bottle rocket' to cycle modem power. I don't know the FreeBSD equivalent, but I expect there's something for X-10 control. Cycling modem power doesn't affect the rest of my LAN, since it's a straight DSL through a LinkSys router/firewall. Do you have to somehow restart your 'ppoe'? DISCLAIMER: I've been to lazy to try this yet. HTH. - John Mills To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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