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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ijppp on-demand process
Date: 3 Sep 1996 17:14:26 +0100
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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John Woodstock (woody@usbbs.com) wrote:
: Here is my situation. I have a small (6 machine) network that connects
: to the Internet via the on-demand feature of the ijppp using the tun0
: device. For the most part things are working fine..
:
: The one problem I'm having is the fact that every day or so the ppp
: process just seems to terminate all by itself. I've rechecked the
: configs and they seem to be fine - I think..
:
: Anyone have a clue why this would happen?
:
: If not, anyone have a script that would be able to check to see if the
: process is there and reload/reboot if it isn't ??
How about:
netstat -na | fgrep '*.3000' >/dev/null || echo "PPP's down !" >&2
You get the idea :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....