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Subject: Re: ppp redial unsuccessful
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Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> with my ADSL provider (a reseller of the german Telekom), I'm unable to
> make ppp redial after the link has been lost. With Telekom, you usually
> get disconnected every 24h hours, but you can simply reconnect .... if
> our ppp would support it.

As a victim of almost-the-same company, I know they (at least nowadays)
sell modems that can also work in 'router mode' if persuaded enough, and
in that mode handle PPPoE by themselves while exporting pure IP over
Ethernet (NAT-ed) on the user end. Maybe this will help you :)