On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Phillip Simbwa <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... > > 1. Install any smpppd utility (my favorite is wvdial). (You may need to > zypper/yum/apt-get depending on your distro) > 2. If you are using wvdial, follow this: > http://support.real-time.com/linux/dialup/wvdial.html#configure > > I have a laptop running Ubuntu Lucid with a USB modem running wvdial as my gateway, and the thing has had uptimes of > 45 days with the connection rock solid almost the whole time. I use the attached wvdial init script (copy to /etc/init.d/). Then I add the following line to /etc/crontab: * * * * * root service wvdial status || service wvdial start That will check every minute to make sure wvdial is still running and start it if it isn't. It's a rock solid setup for me. David -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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