Re: How to establish a semi-permanent dial-up connection?

[jpjevans@earthlink.net]

	Thanks, John! That did the trick!! :-)

On 31 Dec, john@dhh.gt.org wrote:
>> What I'm trying to setup is this: When I boot-up my system, I want to get
>> a dial-up ppp connection to my ISP and grab mail.  I want this to happen
>> without having to manually run pon after I log in.
> 
> Rename /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot .  Ppp will then
> come up when you boot.
> 
>> I also want to be able to detect if the line has gone down and re-connect
>> in that event.
> 
> Add 'persist' to /etc/ppp/peers/provider .  Pppd will then attempt to
> recconnect when the link goes down.
> 
>> Where do I put the fetchmail-up script to make this happen properly?
> 
> If it is in ip-up.d it will get run whenever ppp comes up regardless of
> why.

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