Bernhard Lüder wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend a keep alive tool for my dialup connections, please?
>
> Bernhard
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This can be added to /etc/crontab
#0-59 * * * * root /home/bombay/Doveping
It points to the script (called Doveping) in your home directory where
203.15.24.1 is the address of your ISP
#!/bin/sh
ping -c 2 203.15.24.1
If you have trouble with log files filling your partition
REMEMBER THIS
echo > /var/spool/mail/root
This will reduce a log file down to one byte.
The above tended to create large log files that were troublesome.
In the end I added the line
idle seconds = 3600
to /etc/wvdial.conf
This seemed to do the trick for me. I was able to remove the script.
Regards
Brian Marr
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