I am using MDK 8.1 and bt, touching wood, he says, without a problem, once I got it up and running. Below is one version of the reconnect script from the archives. regards Martin West ==========peerip================ PEER_IP=`/sbin/ifconfig | grep P-t-P | cut -d ':' -f3 | cut -d ' ' -f1` export PEER_IP =============================== ==========reconnect=============== #! /bin/sh
peerip ifconfig | grep ppp0 >/dev/null 2>&1 && ping -c 2 $PEER_IP >/dev/null 2>&1 if test $? -eq 1 then killall pppd sleep 1 # pppoa -> ppoa2 killall -9 modem_run pppoa2 umount /proc/bus/usb # uchi -> usb-ohci rmmod usb-ohci rmmod usbcore sleep 3 modprobe usb-ohci sleep 3 # line from boot script. mount -t usbdevfs -o devmode=0664,devgid=43 /proc/bus/usbmount /proc/bus/usb modem_run -v 1 -m -f /usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o ulimit -n 200 ulimit -u 500 pppd call adsl fi ==================================== On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 00:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > howdy folks. > > Im having problems with this bloody alcatel every day. I mean, I > dont really know whether its provider, or drivers inconvenience. > Im using mandrake81 and benoit drivers(took me BLOODY ages to run > it;)). Everythings perfect. Connection is on, everything's fine. > Suddenly (usually after a day or less) it all stucks. Trying to > ping outside - nothing.. so gotta restart it everytime. Connection > seems to be on (in ifconfig ppp0 exists though), but its > not ;) .The only trouble is that Ive gotta restart it manually, coz > Im too thick to write a script.Need a script to check the > connection and if it fails to reconnect. I bet some of you got > it...could you drop me a line? how to do it? > > Any kind of help really apreciated.. > > cheers > > Alex > > > > > > > > > -- > Komunikator Tlen.pl - szybka komunikacja w sieci. > > http://tlen.pl/ > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
