A somewhat less respectable, but still effective, solution is to set up a
cron job that checks every n seconds to see if you are still connected. If
not, then the script should dial right back in for you.
--shawn
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob C. Ruddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:17 AM
To: Jens Kirk
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: keeping a box online 100%
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Jens Kirk wrote:
->Not too silly. pppd has an option that is called persist, this will try to
->reopen the connection (acording to pppd). I cant remember if it works
(esp.
->with dynamic connections) but it might turn out the solution is just in
->front of you ;)
I've been useing the persist option for 6 months to have a 24/7
connection. It works great.
Bob
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