Paul Schmidt wrote:
>
> Dear List:
>
> This may be a moot point, in that I may be switching ISPs, however I'll ask
> the question anyway, in case it helps someone else.
>
> My ISP has six modem pools, lets say one is at 555-1234 and another is at
> 555-4321 (both numbers are fake). Is there any way to tell diald that if
> the pool at 555-1234 is having problems(a growing occurance), try the next
> pool and see if it's having any better luck (not usually, but once in a
> while the fifth or six number down the line works, this is why I may
> switch). If the modem connects but the login fails (this happens too), it
> shouldn't bother trying the next number.
>
> Thanks folks,
>
> Paul
>
hey paul,
you could use the "device" stanzas. set up soft-links to your modem (or
whatever), like, say modem.5550-1234 and modem.555-4321 etc. then,
modify your dial script to detect what device it's given ($MODEM), and
dial a number accordingly. finally, make sure to trap whatever "error"
result you get from a "broken" number (say, "NO CARRIER"), and use `at`
to spawn a "locking" process (i.e. one that does something like `echo $$
> /var/lock/LCK..$MODEM ; sleep 300` ) for that modem.
hope this helps some,
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