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Subject: Re: script to monitor internet connection
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Rowdy wrote:

> Brian John wrote:
>
>> this is dsl.  Sorry, I should have specified that in the beginning. 
>> Periodically my dsl modem will lose it's signal, I want to see just
>> how often this is happening.
>
>
> If your DSL uses PPPoE then the ppp.linkup and ppp.linkdown scripts will
> be triggered when the link comes up or goes down respectively.  See
> ppp(8) for details and /usr/share/examples/ppp for examples.
>
> Rowdy
>
Mine uses PPPoA.  Is it still possible to use these scripts?

Thanks for the help

/Brian