From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 5 16:24:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA24603 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 5 Jul 1997 16:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA24598 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 1997 16:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA03165; Sun, 6 Jul 1997 00:22:52 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199707052322.AAA03165@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Nathan Dorfman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd Auto-reconnect? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 05 Jul 1997 10:51:55 EDT." <199707051451.KAA00233@deimos.senate.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 00:22:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Is it possible to have pppd reconnect automatically? I have a script > /usr/sbin/ppp-on to start pppd with the required options, if necessary > I can put all of them in /etc/ppp/options so it can be brought up with > a simple pppd command. However, can I make the system do it (as with > SysV's /etc/inittab) so that whenever the process dies it restarts it? You can spawn pppd from /etc/ppp/ip-down. > Or do I have to write my own program to do it? I DID try ppp, after I > use term to establish the "Packet mode" and ppp becomes PPP, I ^Z and > bg, then after the first I type in the shell, it sends a 'machine > gun' stream of beeps through my PC speaker (not the modem speaker) until > I kill the shell. The "tone" of the beep changes as I switch ttys. Use the -background option and set yourself up a dial script. For the latest copy of ppp, have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/~brian/ppp-2.2-970701.tar.gz > Thanks for any input! -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....