Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:22:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk> To: justin <jwpauler@jwpages.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USER PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10008101816550.61973-100000@arnold.neland.dk> In-Reply-To: <000801c00260$657d4b80$668df9d0@hernandez>
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, justin wrote: > Hey fellas... > > What I would like to do right now, however, is guarantee that > anytime, anyday, barring a problem with my ISP, that my box is > connected to the internet. I have it currently setup to dial the > internet when it boots and that seems, so far to work ok. My problem > you ask? My ISP implements a 5 minute no transfer policy, they > disconnect my connection after 5 minutes of 'idling'. What I would > like to do is have some kind of check to verify if I am still > connected to the internet and if not, execute it. I was thinking some > type of script running from crontab every 5 minutes. If I am not > connected, then automatically reconnect to the internet. > Why do you want to be online all the time? Are you running a server which should be accessible from the internet? Do you have adsl or the like available? Perhaps we will see questions on the radius- or isp-lists: How do I disconnect an user when the traffic is below a certain limit? How do I limit the number of connects daily from an user? How do I limit the number of minutes daily per user? Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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