[ request to dial multiple numbers to connect to an isp ]
> I have not tackled this problem, but I think a perl script would be the
> way to go. I am not a perl programmer, so when I wanted a script to keep
> trying to connect to my ISP to run my mirror in the early hours, I asked
> Ralph Winslow to help me. The attached script does _that_ job but it
> might be useful as a sort of map of how the job can be done.
[ perl script is no longer attached ]
Goodness, I thought this would take a week for me to work up, and I just
did it in 5 minutes. Here goes:
modify pon:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -r /etc/ppp.options_out -a -r /etc/ppp.chatscript ]; then
/usr/sbin/pppd connect "/path/multi-chat.sh" `cat /etc/ppp.options_out`
# ^^^^ relocate
else
echo "You do not have permissions to access /etc/ppp.chatscript or
/etc/ppp.options_out"
fi
Then make the following multi-chat.sh:
#!/bin/sh
# this restarts the loop after all scripts are run
while true; do
# this cycles through the scripts
for i in /etc/ppp/scripts/*; do
# this trys the script
if /usr/sbin/chat -v -f $i; then exit 0
fi
# didn't make it, bad script
# don't really need the sleep, it just gives the modem a second
# to catch it's breath :-)
sleep 5
done
done
Then place a series of scripts in /etc/ppp/scripts that you want run in
order (should be alphabetical, I have chat.1 chat.2...). It worked
perfectly, no delay, runs right through the list. Now I just have to make
a bunch of chat scripts (and hope this thing hangs up ok, I only know
that it just got me on just now).
Mr. Lameter: Could this be considered as an addition/example to ppp? If
so, all I ask is that my name is included in a comment at the top of the
multi-chat script.
Enjoy,
Brandon
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