Well, my connection died only once, and I don't think Barak uses any
kind of idle time limiting (after all, ADSL is all-time-up
connection!). But: we have Frame Relay at work, and I monitor the
router via SNMP, and at least once a month there are short service
outages. While Frame-Relay will re-connect automatically, ADSL will
not, and I'm sure Bezeq and Barak gives better service to their
corporate customers then to their private ones. So I wanted to make
sure my connection will re-connect automatically.
Another issue:
In your HOWTO, you write that in order to drop the connection, it's
enough to down ppp0 and killall pptp. You also need to
"rm -f /var/run/pptp/10.0.0.138" or pptp will complain and won't start
next time you try to connect.
Haim Gelfenbeyn.
>
> Haim,
> Why does your connection die in the first place? Mine never does.
> Maybe your ISP limits your idle time? try running something
> like xntp with
> frequent updates, so it will keep the connection up?
> Dani
>
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm trying to make my Linux box re-dial automatically if ADSL
> > connection dies. I often need to access my home computer
> from work, so
> > manual dialing is not an option.
> >
> > The problem is, I don't know what happens on the Linux side if
> > connection dies... My first try is to create
> /etc/ppp/ip-down.local
> > with these lines:
> >
> > killall pptp
> > # give pptp time to exit cleanly
> > sleep 10
> > # remove this file or pptp won't start
> > rm -f /var/run/pptp/10.0.0.138
> > # re-start pptp
> > /usr/local/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 <other pptp options omitted>
> >
> > /etc/ppp/ip-up.local will update dynamic DNS so I will be
> able to find
> > my computer from the outside.
> >
> > If anybody already solved this problem, please share you
> solution. I
> > know that mine is not perfect...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Haim Gelfenbeyn.
> >
> >
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