auto restarting a ppp connection

[Adam]

On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 21:12, Paul A. Hoadley wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 09:44:33PM +0800, Paul Hamilton wrote:
> 
> > I have tried to put the whole routine into a script, ie, find the
> > pid, kill it, wait, then restart the ppp connection.  The idea, was
> > that I could link it with a ping tester, then when I miss 'x' number
> > of pings, restart the connection.  This is what I used:-
> 
> Here is a script Aaron Hill wrote that does precisely that:
> 
> http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/pingmonitor-how-to.html
> 
> Run it with cron as frequently as you like.  Instructions for
> customising it are on that page.

Is this script really any better than enabling LQR and setting up an
automatic reconnect on disconnection in the ppp.conf? 

-- 
Adam <blueeskimo at gmx.net>
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