Re: Bring up ppp link on shell
* Penguin (penguin1@dodo.com.au) [Jan 02. 2002 18:25]:
> How do I bring a dialup PPP link with a shell? It's
> `ifup <iface-name>' or something? Is that all?
I use pon after I've configured ppp with pppconfig.
man pppconfig pon
> How do I tell when the link is down if I have a shell
> script for example downloading the latest Debian dist?
> Can I poll/interrogate something which will tell me?
I check for the presence of LCK..ttyS1 in /var/lock
If it's not there, I'm not connected. My modem is on ttyS1, yours might
be different.
> Cheers
> James
Happy trails.
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