Problems with reconnection to broadband connection

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On 10/7/07, Jochen Kaechelin <gissmoh at figgfrosch.de> wrote:
>
> We run several Dapper machines directly connected
> to a DSL modem. We mostly use QSC or Telekom connections.
>
> After 24 hours the provider will cut the connection and pppd
> will try to establish a new connection. In 95% this will work
> just fine...but sometimes it fails.
>
> So we use a own script which is run by cron every 5 minutes.
> It checks if "ppp" is in the process list and If not we
> restart the network and restart the ppp daemon.
>
> But in some cases it does not work, too.
>
> How do you solve this problem?
>


You could get a router which'll deal with this issue itself thus preventing
your machines from having to manage this.. :)
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