[ale] Keeping pppoe alive

[Geoffrey]

Jim Seymour wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have seen this issue in here before but could not locate it. I am
> using Speedfactory for my dsl service. Every now and then I will lose my
> connection. Since this machine is the internet router for other boxes I
> am looking for a way to restart the connection when it dies without
> intervention from me or anyone else. From what I can tell when this
> happens the pppd daemon remains alive. Usually I will have to take ppp0
> and the ethernet adapter down and bring them back up manually. Sometimes
> I even have to resort to a reboot :-( This is a Debian Sarge box using
> Roaring Penguin for the pppoe connection. Any ideas?

Doesn't RP have a presistent connection option?

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim Seymour


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Until later, Geoffrey