From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 9 17:27:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hun.org (hun.org [216.190.28.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA63037B7F0 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:27:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from attila@hun.org) Received: from localhost (attila@localhost) by hun.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA01091; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:27:28 GMT (envelope-from attila@hun.org) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:27:28 +0000 (GMT) From: attila Reply-To: attila@hun.org To: justin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USER PPP In-Reply-To: <000801c00260$657d4b80$668df9d0@hernandez> Message-ID: Owner: attila@hun.org Organization: home for unpenitent hackers and anarcho-cryptophreaks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 1. start ppp with 'ddial' --if they drop, it brings it back up. 2. implement a 4 minute cron program which 'stats' something, or maybe setup fetchmail if you are using the ISP's mailbox. fetchmail can be configured for any time interval On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, justin wrote: > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:17:37 -0500 > From: justin > To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: USER PPP > > Hey fellas... > > Allright, here is the situation. I just had a second phone line installed in my house, a POTS (plain old telephone service) line. I have plugged it directly into my FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE workstation/server. I allready have PPP setup and when I execute it, it runs fine. Now then, what I would eventually like to do is have all of my windows based machines connect to this one and use it as a gateway for internet traffic. However, that will come later. > > 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. > > Now there is another possible solution I cannot find an answer to. Is there a BSD option to 'keep-alive' the connection so I do not time out? I would prefer not to leave an X session opening refreshing CNN every five minutes :P > > Your help and/or scripts are welcome :) > > Justin W. Pauler > JWPages Web Development > jwpauler@jwpages.com > > > -- The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson. ___ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ freeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | Release 5.0-CURRENT - The Fast Lane! __ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ It's like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message