Read up on the 'persist' option of pppd. Tim.
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Brendan J Simon wrote: > I've setup a firewall at home using ipmasq. I have the standard setup of one > ppp > modem interface and one ethernet interface. I now want to do a similar thing > for > work but I need the system to redial the modem if it drops out. What packages > would be recommened for this purpose that will work with ipmasq ? > > Is ipmasq the recommended solution for firewalls ? > > I tried playing with the gfcc package (GTK firewall control center). Does > this > package use ipmasq ? > Does it talk directly to the kernel or maybe it uses ipchains ? > > Can I use gfcc with ipmasq (or other firewall type packages) or will they > conflict ? > > The boss currently has a win2000 server for the modem but it doesn't do any > firewalling. I would like to replace it with a Linux box for obvious reasons. > Maybe a nice GUI interface (gfcc) to control the firewall will convince him. > Can > the firewall be controlled remotely (eg. by SNMP) ? > > Thanks, > Brendan Simon. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
