permanent connection to the net with ppp

[corky383]

my broadband connection often drops because it quite a poor provider. I would like to automate the process of reconnecting the line every time it drops without having to type anything.
From the tdlp site http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html i have part of the solution. But this is based on me issuing a pppd command in order to connect.
But on my ubuntu system, to connect to the internet if the connection is dropped i issue the command

pppd call speedtch

(speedtch being the file location for the router firmware)

How can i automate it so that all i have to do is type pppd at the command prompt using root privileges ??? and this would then allow me to automate reconnection to the broadband server.

the way i set up my broadband connection is detailed at
http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/ubuntu/index.html

anyone??

[cyberinstru]

Hey, Enabling persist option should solve your problem...

If the persist options is eneabled, whenever your link goes down, pppd will start redialling automatically..

Cheers

[brokndodge]

u could use a simple shell script, but i don't see where the benifit is. i wonder if ifplugd could manage pppd. i use ifplugd to manage hotplugging of my ethernet connection.

there is some information about using ifplugd or hotplug to handle hotplugging the network, according to http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...ateway.en.html ppp is considered a network connection so these packages might help you. i never have to actually do anything on the command line when the network comes up. look at sections 10.8.2 and 10.8.3

[corky383]

thanks for the advice, activating the persist option seems to have worked a treat. cheers