Re: keeping pppd alive?
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:15:34PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> Hello!
>
> i am on an ADSL connection, and most of the time the ppd daemon copes
> well with the periodical disconnects, but some times it dies...
>
> i wnat to keep the line up and running as neatly as possible...
> i made a script wich uses ping etc to see if the line is up, but this
> causes much more disconnects when the line is very lagged...
>
> a friend told me to put the pppd under command of init with a respawn,
> but i am not sure that this is the best solution...
>
> what would be the best way to keep allways one pppd running?
>
> --
> ciao bboett
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> bboett@adlp.org
> http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett
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>
Not what your friend told you but might be helpful:
Depending on the reasons for the disconnections you might want to explore
pppd persistent option.
--
Shaul Karl, shaulka@bezeqint.n e t
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