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"Charles Blackburn" <charlesb@local-news.summerfieldtechnology.co.uk> wrote
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news:slrn8lpg36.67q.charlesb@local-gateway.summerfieldtechnology.co.uk...
> so how will dial-on-demand help me access my box from the other side opf
the
> country over the internet then?
>
<snip>
You could do it the way I do...
Configure dial on demand with 10 mins idle cut-off.

configure cron to run the following script every hour:-

#! /bin/sh
declare -i pingcount=0;
while !(test -e /var/run/ip-up.iface); do
 let pingcount+=1;
 logger "domail: ppp is down. Pinging $pingcount";
 ping -c 1 -w 1 195.92.195.95 > /dev/null;
 sleep 10;
done;
logger "domail: Getting mail...."
fetchmail -v -f /etc/fetchmailrc
logger "domail: Sending mail...."
sendmail -q
logger "domail: done."

Add the following to /etc/ppp/ip-up:-

 echo $INTERFACE > /var/run/ip-up.iface
 date > /tmp/ip-up-mesg
 echo $LOCALIP >> /tmp/ip-up-mesg
 cat /tmp/ip-up-mesg | mail -s "Latest connection" your@email_address

Add the following to /etc/ppp/ip-down (it might be the same file!) :-

rm /var/run/ip-up.iface

The following are in my /etc/crontab :-
5 * * * * root  /usr/bin/domail > /dev/null
15-55/10 * * * * root test -e /var/run/ip-up.iface && /usr/bin/domail >
/dev/null

The result is that the link is brought up at 5 past every hour, it
syncronises my mail accounts and then stays up for ten minutes. This allows
me to connect in remotely via ssh during the 10 minute window. As I
work away from home during tthe week, it allows me to administer my system,
collect mail etc., and start downloads.
Works very well, except I've yet to find a decent ssh client for Windows!

HTH

Simno