Thanks that is what I was looking for,
Aaron
Quoting "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:12:57AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am looking for an elegant solution to my internet connecivity.
>
> I use a script called cablecheck. It runs every minute and if there is no
> PPP connection, it runs a script called cablestart.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
>
> X=`ifconfig ppp0 2>/dev/null`
> if [ " $X" == " " ] ; then
> /usr/local/bin/cablestart
> fi
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> The relevant parts of cablestart are:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
>
> CPS=`ps -ax | grep cablestart | grep -cv grep `
>
> echo "cps is " $CPS
>
> if [ "2" == "$CPS" ] ; then
> echo "ok starting cable connection"
> else
> echo "cablestart is already running."
> exit
> fi
>
> PS=`ps -ax | grep dhclient | grep eth1 | awk "{print \\$1}"`
>
> if [ " " != " $PS" ] ; then
> echo "killing dhcp client for eth1 psid " $PS
> kill -KILL $PS
> else
> echo "no dhcp client running for eth1 (good)"
> fi
>
> PS=`ps -ax | grep cable.netvision.net.il | grep pptp-linux | awk "{print
> \\$1}"`
>
> if [ " " != " $PS" ] ; then
> echo "killing pptp client for netvision psid " $PS
> kill -KILL $PS
> else
> echo "no pptp client running for netvision (good)"
> fi
>
>
> echo "shutting down eth1"
> /sbin/ifdown eth1
> echo "restarting eth1"
> /sbin/ifup eth1
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> It's probably sloppy code, but it works. It check to make sure there is
> not already a cablestart running and if there is none, starts one.
>
> Geoff.
>
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