Keeping Machine Up - Advice Needed

[timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu]

Hi,
        Tomorow I am leaving the country for about a month and I would like to
ensure that my machine stays up and online the whole time so I can telnet in
and access certain files.  -  So does anyone have any tips on things I should
do / measures to put in place to minimize the chance of my machine going down /
offline while I'm not here?
        I am running a hamm install with various slink packages. It is
on a modem ppp link with "persist" set in /etc/ppp/options. It has "(mlddc <
/etc/ppp/mymldata 2>&1) >> /var/log/mlddc" in ip-up, so it updates its monolith
domain any time it goes online. Also I have set the file /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot.
.... The idea being that if the fone disconnects it will redial and reregister
the new ip, and if power goes, when it comes back up it will dial when it boots
up and reregister the new ip. The machine runs ftpd,telnetd,ssh and httpd.
        
        One thing that happens occasionally is that my ISP has problems and
their gateway will stop working and packets don't get out, but it doensn't
actually disconnect. So I was thinking I should put something in my cron.daily
to restart the ppp connection - What should I use to restart pppd or kill it
and start a new one?
        
Thanks in advance,
Timothy Hospedales

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E-Mail: timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu
Date: 19-Jul-98
Time: 12:41:39

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