Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 13:56:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Mike Urban <murban@webzone.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Automatically redialing internet connection? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906081355420.10545-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <375D6553.FDD2ABA@webzone.net>
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Sounds like what you want is 'ppp -ddial'. 'man 8 ppp' for more details. On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Mike Urban wrote: # I am going to be running a server that will have a full time connection # to the internet via a modem and dedicated line. My question is this: Is # there a simple way for me to set it up so that it will monitor the modem # and automatically restart the connection if it detects a disconnect? The # server will be accepting incoming requests, so simply setting it up to # dial whenever the connection is needed is not good enough. # # Basically what I need is something that can monitor the modem, and # automatically restart the connection if it dies.. Could this be done # through a simple shell script maybe? Please try to explain in relativly # simple terms as I am pretty new to FreeBSD and UNIX in general. Any help # would be greatly appreciated. # # Thanks, # # Mike. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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