Re: Dialup connection timer
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:48:33AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca>:
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been
> >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a
> >> less technical user. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to the -up and
> > -down ppp directories that just puts the output of date to the end of a
> > file with a comment like "dialup on" and "dialup off". Let the less
> > technical user be able to read this file and they can do the math.
>
> Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental
> disconnects, which are frequent with dial-up.
Are you saying that /etc/ppp/ip-down isn't run if you unplug the phone
wire? I've never had that problem. As for handling accidental
disconnects, there's the pppd persist option.
Doug.
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