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Re: adsl keep alive script



On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 Ohad.Levy@infineon.com wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to write a script which will keep my adsl connection up
> all the time.

good for you, although many such scripts have already been written. it's
a useful excersize, if nothing else.

> I tried something like running :
> while 1
> rm -rf /var/run/pp*
>  pptp parameters nodetach &
> end
>  but from some reason, whenever i ran it, it worked for about 10
> minutes, and after ten minutes, the pptp was detached and alot of
> pptp process started ( even that the connection was still alive ).

that pptp line looks oxymoronic. how are 'nodetach' and '&' supposed to
work together?

i use a script written by haif gelfenbeym, called adsl-connect. see it
here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-il%40cs.huji.ac.il/msg12428.html

etzion also wrote a good script, but i dont have a url handy. etzion?

studiously avoiding all political discussions,
mulix

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