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Date:      03 May 2003 06:28:34 -0400
From:      Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net>
To:        Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: auto restarting a ppp connection
Message-ID:  <1051957713.45399.8.camel@jake>
In-Reply-To: <20030503011200.GA93080@grover.logicsquad.net>
References:  <AGEHIFHGNEMPFNCPLONMEECGEJAA.paul@compwest.com.au> <20030503011200.GA93080@grover.logicsquad.net>

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On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 21:12, Paul A. Hoadley wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 09:44:33PM +0800, Paul Hamilton wrote:
>=20
> > I have tried to put the whole routine into a script, ie, find the
> > pid, kill it, wait, then restart the ppp connection.  The idea, was
> > that I could link it with a ping tester, then when I miss 'x' number
> > of pings, restart the connection.  This is what I used:-
>=20
> Here is a script Aaron Hill wrote that does precisely that:
>=20
> http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/pingmonitor-how-to.html
>=20
> Run it with cron as frequently as you like.  Instructions for
> customising it are on that page.

Is this script really any better than enabling LQR and setting up an
automatic reconnect on disconnection in the ppp.conf?=20

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Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net>

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