DSL Start Script

[Piotr Chmura]

Dnia Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:43:41 -0800, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org>  
napisał:

> On 11/21/2004 09:20 AM, Thorsten Grothe wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>  I'm have a pretty new DSL Connetction. To go online I have to:
>>  become root: su root
>> start-adsl
>>  to connect to the internet.
>>  To stop  the connection I have to type
>>  stop-adsl.
>>  These are the commands that come with the rp-ppoe driver.
>> Does anyone knows a convenient way to do this with an xfce starter or  
>> another more convenient solution?
>
> Wouldn't it make alot more sense to do this at bootup & shutdown?
>

bootup is enough... put adsl.start (with full path) it in /etc/rc.local
you don't need to invoke adsl.stop at shutdown...

if your ISP is disconnecting after some time of inactivity, you can  
prevent it by ping'ing (ping -c 1) to some host f.e. in every 15 minutes  
(use cron)

more info:
man ping
man cron

good luck,
ChmOOrecK