[plug] setting up redail rules

[david.buddrige at mitswa.com.au]

how about a cron job that runs every 10 minutes, that firsty
checks to see if the ppp is up, and if the answer = no, then dial out?

cheers

Dave... 8-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Booth's Computer Services [SMTP:peter at bcs.iinet.net.au]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 08, 1999 5:35 PM
> To:	plug at linux.org.au
> Subject:	RE: [plug] setting up redail rules 
> 
> How do you get diald to not re-dial for 10 mins. The timeout setting only
> hold on busy etc - not a disconnect by the ISP.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Mike Holland
> Sent: Thursday, 8 April 1999 16:09
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] setting up redail rules
> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Mark Vandenbos wrote:
> 
> > i am an internet user at iinet... and i want get as much use out of th
> > system at all ..
> 
> syntax error
> 
> > however, when i get kicked off after my my 2 allocated
> > hours for the day i have to wait for about 5 / 10 mins before
> > recconnecting... what would be the best way to implement this ?
> 
> You mean 'defeat'?  :)
> 
> >  is there a dialer program that will allow me to set this, or is it
> better
> > to set up a "getty" to do this...
> 
> For an auto-reconnet, checkout 'diald'. 'getty' is for incoming
> connections.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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