On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Payal Rathod wrote:

> Hi,
> I always use wvdial to connect to net, but in a particular case I need
> it to be automated. e.g. I want to connect to net every 2 hours, is
> there anyway I can do it with wvdial. I know I can call wvdial with a
> cronjob every 2 hours but I don't know how to disconnect from it.
> Do is chat script a better way. I was hoping on wvdial more.

Use the "idle seconds" option in the wvdial.conf file.
see "man wvdial.conf"

You may also want to use a combination of daemontools, uschedule and pppd.
But that would not be worth the trouble.

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Animesh

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