Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 21:39:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> To: brian@awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppd Auto-reconnect? Message-ID: <199707060139.VAA01163@deimos.senate.org> In-Reply-To: <199707052322.AAA03165@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> from Brian Somers at "Jul 6, 97 00:22:51 am"
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But ip-down will get executed once. If that fails because of a NO CARRIER or something like that it will not retry I have had this happen to me. Is it possible to have init automatically respawn it every time it does, like with a SysV /etc/inittab? > > 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 <ENTER> 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 <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > >
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