Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 05:20:45 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@buffy.raggedclown.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Last question this year. Am I connected ? Message-ID: <20010101052045.B936@buffy.raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20010101143509.D44043@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 02:35:09PM %2B1030 References: <00123121220605.01056@buffy> <20010101143509.D44043@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 02:35:09PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 31 December 2000 at 21:22:06 +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Hello, > > This may sound like a very silly question... > > How can I within a script find out if my dialup PPP internet > > connection is up and running or not ? > > # ifconfig ppp0 > ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.109.197.137 --> 139.130.136.129 netmask 0xffffffc0 > > If it's UP and has two addresses, then you're connected. If you're > using user PPP, this will be tun0, not ppp0. Nope...no good. I am using PPP with dial on demand, but I have a static IP address. Ifconfig always shows it UP, RUNNING and with both IP addresses. This was actually my first idea. But the answer is pppctl (I RTFM).. Thanks ! Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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