From the PPPoE package, in the file /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider, there is a parameter labelled as follows:
# Set maxfail to 0 for unlimited connections attemps maxfail 10
As indicated, the default package has this parm set to 10.
As I read this, if your PPPoE connection does not come back up after 10 re-attempts, the PPPoE module shall stop trying. So you may wish to change this to zero, and see if that makes your machine more resilient to temporary outages.
If my understanding of this parameter is correct perhaps the Bering team will want to change this to value to be 0, for the default package?
Thanks for LEAF!
scott; canada
Kevin Kloet wrote:
I've been using bering for a while and more recently bering-uClibc. I've been able to sort out my technical problems and the system works
very reliably for me.
however, due to my lack of linux prowess, i've never found out how to do basic things that i'd take for granted in a commercial solution.
take for instance when there's a connectivity problem on my ISP's end
- should bering automatically restore the connection when it becomes
possible to do so (ie. the ISP sorted the problem)? i don't know how
to do something like release and renew the IP (using PPPoE, btw). normally i restore the connection by hard or soft rebooting the router
- but it's not a very elegant solution and I really should know better
- i'd love to be enlightened. i'd also like to be able to tell what
he problem is from within bering (ie. if my username and password is
being rejected by my ISP because their authentication server is down).
if one of more of you could lay out that procedure and any other basic functionality/usability i might find useful i'd appreciate it - some recommended reading would be just as good.
cheers guys.
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