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Re: Freeserve time, Home highway & linux

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From: Chris Beauchamp
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:00
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In article <slrn8lcueu.mv0.charlesb@local-gateway.
     summerfieldtechnology.co.uk>, Charles Blackburn wrote:
>Hi all.
>

>At the moment, I've set the dialmode to be auto, but I can't garauntee <sp?> 
>that it will be connected when I try to connect from the internet.

How's about a ping every 9 minutes?

Or, perhaps:

if [ "`isdnctrl status ippp0`" = "ippp0 not connected" ]; then
    isdnctrl dial ippp0
fi

every minute or so...

Chris
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From: chris@etcp.co.uk (Chris Beauchamp)
Subject: Re: Freeserve time, Home highway & linux
Date: 2000/06/25
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