Problems with reconnection to broadband connection

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 13:21 -0700, Hex Star wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

Put the "demand" or "persist" options into /etc/ppp/options, and set the
"maxfail" option to 0 to retry forever. Read man pppd for the details
about these options.