ADSL-pppoe issues

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 12:25 -0700, Alex Mandel wrote:
> David Teague wrote:
> > On   Monday, June 20, 2005 3:56 AM
> > "Amichai Teumim" wrote with subject: ADSL-pppoe issues
> > 
> > 
> >>In order to connect to the internet I use a router that uses pppoe and
> >>DHCP. I run sudo pppoeconf and set it up. Works great.
> > 
> > 
> >>However my ISP disconnects me once in a while 

In /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider, add the options "persist", and "maxfail
x", with x being the number of retries.

>From 'man pppd':
"persist:
Do not exit after a connection is terminated; instead try to reopen the
connection. The maxfail option still has an effect on persistent
connections."

and
"maxfail n:
Terminate after n consecutive failed connection attempts.  A value of 0
means no limit.  The default value is 10."

Have fun,
Mario