AZ_Pete wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> We have an ISDN connection that we use for Internet connectivity. Our ISP
> is USWEST and I have no complaints with them. We now would like a
> persistent ISDN connection to set up low volume webserver and have found
> that the pricing is prohibitive. However, talking with my USWEST rep, he
> said that USWEST doesn't care if I redial as soon I'm disconnected due to
> inactivity (around 40 min). He said that their is a lot of software
> avaibable that can monitor the ISDN connection and the second it goes down
> it will redial the modem. Since ISDN connects within 2 seconds this would
> be a very good solution.
> However, I have no idea what to look for. The rep counldn't give me any
> informatioin, other than he knows Microsoft makes software to handle this
> situation. We have Linux servers and I would prefer a Linux solution, but
> if I have to set up a Win box to simply monitor the ISDN connection, I'll do
> it.
> Does anyone have any input as to the name of any software that can monitor
> an ISDN connection and reconnect when the connection is broken. Any ideas
> would be greatly appreciated.
Try this. It requires a little config, but should do the trick...
--
#/bin/bash
#
# Generic Reconnect
# License terms are those of the GNU General Public License (copyleft)
# Developed by Jason Kennerly Nov 28, 2000
#
THRESHHOLD=6
DELAY=10
RECONNECT_TIME=30
PINGHOST=205.254.224.2 # internic.net
#
#
#
DROPPED=0
while LOOP=FOREVER
do
sleep $DELAY
if (ping -c 1 $PINGHOST | grep -q "bytes from" ) then
DROPPED=0
else
echo host didnt respond to ping
DROPPED=`echo $DROPPED+1|bc`
fi
if (test $DROPPED = $THRESHHOLD) then
echo Redialing...
#your redial commands here (ppp-off ; sleep 5 ; ppp-go
?)
DROPPED=0
sleep $RECONNECT_TIME
fi
done
--
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