[ale] Old topic - Easy answers hopefully - DSL power cycling

[Chris Fowler]

blast from the past!!!!


I had to do this with sh*ty cable modem service I had in duluth.

1.  Purchase X-10 started kit
2.  Download bottle rocket from freshmeat
3.  Create simple bash script and run at boot


Psuedo Code:

start
ping 1 packet to router
if no reply
  ping 1 packet to router
  if no reply
      log to syslog
      power off
      sleep 10
      power on
      sleep 120
loop back

-----Original Message-----
From: esoteric at denali.atlnet.com [mailto:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 7:27 PM
To: John Wells
Cc: Russell Hogg; ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Old topic - Easy answers hopefully - DSL power
cycling


John Wells wrote:
>
> I'm curious as to why one would do this?

Apparently they have a lousy isp....

>
> --- Russell Hogg <russellh at x-soft.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > There have been quite a few strands across this list
> > about cycling the power
> > on DSL modems when the connections drop.  If I
> > remember correctly the tool
> > of choice has been an X-10 module that pings
> > something external every so
> > often and if unsuccessful cycles the modem.  Of
> > course there is more to it
> > than this.  I'm sure you wouldn't want to cycle the
> > modem continuously if
> > the problem wasn't related to it.  I'm rambling now.
> >
> >
> > Basically I'm curious if anyone has that App/Script
> > handy.  And not only
> > that but GASP! Anybody know of anything similar for
> > Windows?
> >
> > I have been thru to Archives at ALE.org and not
> > found anything in
> > particular.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Russ
> >
> >
> >
> >
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