Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 14:27:56 -0500 From: "Maildrop" <maildrop@qwest.net> To: "Lord Raiden" <raiden23@netzero.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: demand dial DSL Message-ID: <NGBBIILBAKIFGHHCHOHPCEHPCOAA.maildrop@qwest.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020505135842.009a8a60@pop.netzero.net>
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10,20,30,40,50,59 * * * * /usr/local/bin/wget http://www.slashdot.org ;) Try getting access to the modem, see if you can telnet into it, poke around and see if there is a "timeout" setting. I am not famlair with that modem off hand. Regards, Jack > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Lord Raiden > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 1:07 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: demand dial DSL > > > Ok, I just got handed a weird one (and on a Sunday of all > days no less) > today and I'm curious of an answer. I've got a remote office that is > running on DSL and the ISP just told us we have to switch over to the new > DSL modem or else. So, we switched. (like I'm gonna argue. I've got > enough to worry about this week. hehe) Now here's something that's > interesting. The new DSL modem refuses all inbound connections unless > there is an active connection behind the modem. AKA, someone on our lan > has to be surfing the net or the connection goes dead inbound. > Outbound is > fine. The connection wakes up instantly when someone sends data > across the > modem and during that time we can connect to our remote lan and > do what we > want. But after 15 minutes of no traffic in or out it goes numb > again and > you can't get any data past the modem. Heck, it's not even pingable. > > I'm thinking about bugging our ISP for that dsl connection > and figure out > why it's doing that, but I wanted to see if there was just > something simple > that I could do instead to keep it from doing that. IF it's a simple 2 > second fix that would work great. The new modem they stuck us with is a > 3com Sdsl modem slaved into a kingston DSL router with a Fbsd file and > remote mail server behind it. IT's not a big thing, but suggestions are > welcome. > > I was thinking about having Cron ping something remotely > every 10 minutes > or so with a single ping to make sure the connection never shuts down. :) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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