On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote:
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
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what is it? not found in man page
That is the remote IP. $5 is the fifth command line variable
when ip-up is called. It
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
A work around is to telnet to any Internet sites and start a loop
(in my case in csh):
% while 1
sleep 120
date
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote:
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
A work around is to telnet to any Internet sites and start a loop
(in my case in csh):
you could
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote:
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
This works but I would prefer something more *automatic*, i.e. which
will work without my explicit
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
|
what is it? not found in man page
lawrence,
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On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote:
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
I had a script back when I ran Slackware which tidied up the ppp launching
process. It would
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote:
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
|
what is it? not found in man page
The $5 represents the ip address on the isp side.
From the /etc/ppp/ip-up
Lawrence Chim wrote:
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
|
what is it? not found in man page
Sorry, you probably looked at the wrong man page. From man pppd:
/etc/ppp/ip-up
A program
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