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  From: Stephen Baxter <steve@senet.com.au>
  To  : Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 09:17:58 +0930 (CST)

Re: Domain name change

> > Also I want to setup my PPP link so that it operates between 9 and
> > 5, automatically bringing up the link at 9 and dropping it at 5 plus
> > having the ability to redial in the event of link failure.  How
> > would I go about doing this ?
> 
> Create two cron jobs; one to run at 9am that calls the script that
> starts up your PPP link, and one to run at 5pm that calls the script
> that shuts down your PPP link.
> 
> Do you have scripts to do those two jobs?  If not, the easiest way is
> to setup your PPP link through netcfg.
> 
> Once you have the scripts, run 'crontab -e' and put in these two
> lines:
> 0 9 * * Mon-Fri /script/to/start/ppp
> 0 17 * * Mon-Fri /script/to/stop/ppp


This will not bring your link up if it drops however unless there is an
option for pppd to stay online.

Is there an option for pppd to stay alive and redial - i know that in
comp.protocols.ppp there was talk of doing it.


> 
> > Don't want much do I !! :)
> 
> Piece of cake :).
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
> Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
> http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
> Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/
> 
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