From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Feb 5 11:57:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA19126 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 11:57:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA19121 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 11:57:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA01906; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 12:59:58 -0700 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 12:59:58 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199602051959.MAA01906@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Richard Gresek" Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppd In-Reply-To: <199602051542.HAA03849@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199602051542.HAA03849@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Does anybody know, how to make pppd stay in memory for good? Why do you want to do that? > Another good solution would also be to make pppd or any script to > restart after the disconnect. Is there a way to do this? Sure, stick it in a loop. I don't have access to my home box (I'm away on business), but that's what I'm doing. #!/bin/sh while true; do pppd -connect ..... done Or something like that. You need to read the man page, but this will cause the system to re-dial when the link goes down. Nate