On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 10:52:27AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I need to bring the link up and force it to stay up from the hours of 17:00 to
> 03:00 in the morning. At 03:00 I want the link brought down (not just left to
> time out, but to be brought down), but in a state where on-demand dialing still
> works. It should stay in this state until the link is forced up again at 17:00
> later in the day. Any help would be greatly appreciated! And yes, I have read
> the manual, manual-examples, and virtually every news group posting.. just don't
> seem to get it, I guess! :-(
A quick 'n dirty way is with one (or may be two) cron jobs:
1. does a "ping -c 2" of your ISp every 5 (or so) minutes from 1700 to
about 0255
2. does a "killall -INT diald" at 0300 exactly.
Fred
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