Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:13:05 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: george <vagner@ti.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dynamic Domain Message-ID: <199712122213.WAA06785@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:23:24 CST." <3491109C.F2BDD11C@ti.com>
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> I have freebsd set up so it dials my provider if they drop the line.
> I use ppp -alias -ddial pmdemand to start this.
> I want to use ml.org to host my ip address and can do this now by doing
> mlddup and it works just fine, here is my problem....
> how do i get the system to do the mlddup after every subsequent connect
> to my provider?
>
> I was thinking of a cron job every 5 or so minutes but that would be too
>
> wasteful....
>
> what i need is a program to initiate the mlddup after a reconnect.
>
>
> any ideas?
>
> please reply direct, i am not on list...
Check the ppp man page - you can use the ``!bg'' command in
ppp.linkup to achieve this !
> vagner@ti.com
>
>
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