Re: Introduction.

[USM Bish <bish@nde.vsnl.net.in>]

On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 02:31:18AM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> > Probably wan't to make sure you've got an address. Here's one variant.
> > 
> > $  /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | grep 'inet addr:' | sed 's=.*inet
> > addr\:\([0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\).*=\1='
> > 
> > That's all one line. It shouldn't return anything if you don't have an
> > inet addr for ppp0.  Otherwise, it'll return the address.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> if [ -e /var/run/ppp0.pid ] ; then
> 	echo "Your PPP connection is up."
> else
> 	echo "Your PPP connection is down."
> fi
> 
> HTH.
> 
> -jg
> 
> --
> Jeremy L. Gaddis     <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>
> 
> 
  
   The above script works fine .....
    
   A third option is to use  "pon"  itself with  some
   dedicated  program for monitoring the connections. 

   There is a nice  program which has  come out quite  
   recently called "pppstatus"  which I got from  the
   freshmeat.net  links  (author: Gabriel Montenegro) 
   This is a nice  console based  program,which gives 
   you all the functions you  need to monitor an  ISP 
   line. Features  include  connect notification,  IP 
   address, current  speed, top  speed,  online time,  
   Tx and Rx packets, bytes received/ transmitted and  
   errors.You can have this running constantly either 
   on a  console or on  an x-term throughout your net 
   sojourn. 
   
   I can  mail the  source  tarball in  personal mail 
   (13322 bytes).

USM Bish