Bug#1272: More powerfull ppp-connect

[Winfried Truemper <truemper@ElFi.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE>]

Package: ppp
Version: 2.1.2b

Hi,

this is not really a bug, I'm reporting, but it maybe a useful suggestion.

(1) in "/etc/ppp/options" one should include "asyncmap 0" so the
    connection is run at full speed
    Maybe this causes problems for some people, I don't know.

(2) I wrote a script that allows multiple phone-numbers and multiple tries
    for establishing the connection, based on "chat".
    The copy on my www-server is commented in German so I post a
    english version here ....

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#!/bin/sh


  # DT= tone dialing DP= pulse dialing  M0= be quiet
INIT_STRING=M1DT

  # alternate init-string (used by "minicom", works in most cases)
#INIT_STRING="S7=45S0=0L1V1X4&c1E1Q0DP"

  # first telephone number (do not use spaces or other chars than numbers!)
TEL_NR_1=02219428111

  # second telephone-number (do not use spaces or other chars than numbers!)
TEL_NR_2=02214200901

  # Maximium number of tries
MAX_TRIES=2

  # your login-id
USER=MY_LOGIN_ID
  # your password
PASSWORD=ITS_TOP_SECRET


 # be aware: everyone can see the your password while connecting via "ps"
 # you can prevent this by putting the script in a seperate file (ommit the
 # trailing backslashes !) and call "chat -f THE_SEPERATE_FILE"


function dial() {
    chat \
        ABORT    "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIALTONE" ABORT BUSY ABORT ERROR\
        ""       ATZ\
        OK       AT$INIT_STRING$1 TIMEOUT 120\
        CONNECT  ""  TIMEOUT 20\
        sername: $USER TIMEOUT 10\
        ssword:  $PASSWORD\
        "port"   ppp
    }

TRIES=0

while [ $TRIES -lt $MAX_TRIES ]
do
    TRIES="$[$TRIES+1]"

    if dial $TEL_NR_1
    then
        echo -ne "^G" 1>&2
        exit 0
    fi
    sleep 5
    if dial $TEL_NR_2
    then
        echo -ne "^G" 1>&2
        exit 0
    else
        sleep 60
    fi
done
echo -e "\n\nppp-connect:  no connection after $MAX_TRIES tries - giving up"
1>&
echo -e "(you may increase the number of tries in   /etc/ppp/ppp-connect )"
1>&2

exit 1
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