Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> <snip>
>
> You can use crontab(1) to instruct cron(8) to run the following every
> hour:
>
> Q> ping -c1 $REMOTE_IP || /sbin/ifdown $IF && /sbin/ifup $IF
>
> (
> a crontab line would look like the following:
> Q> 0 * * * * ping -c1 $REMOTE_IP || /sbin/ifdown $IF && /sbin/ifup $IF
> )
>
> where $REMOTE_IP is the IP address of the dial-in host at your ISP and
> $IF the network interface (ppp1 in your mail).
> There is, of course, room for improvenemts, e.g. using multiple pings to
> see if the link is really dead or a big ftp transfer causes ping packets
> to get lost.
> But you should get the idea...
>
> Marc
Ok I've done this and in a sense it works (I think).. but When I look do
a "tail -f /var/log/messgaes" I get this:
May 30 15:11:49 mr_bumpy ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp1 on /dev/modem at
115200
May 30 15:11:49 mr_bumpy pppd[13476]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
May 30 15:11:49 mr_bumpy pppd[13476]: Device modem is locked by pid 13328
May 30 15:11:49 mr_bumpy pppd[13476]: Exit.
May 30 15:12:04 mr_bumpy ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp1 on /dev/modem at
115200
May 30 15:12:04 mr_bumpy pppd[13482]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
May 30 15:12:04 mr_bumpy pppd[13482]: Device modem is locked by pid 13328
May 30 15:12:04 mr_bumpy pppd[13482]: Exit.
It seems to keep running every 20 seconds or so, even if the connection is
true and there is no other activity on the link.. why?
I have to find the actions pid then kill it.. and it stops..
any ideas?
thanks
Marcus
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