[Voyage-linux] bring up ppp automaticaly during boot

[Beat Meier]

Robert

You can tell pppd to try endless to reconect if ppp line goes down i.e. 
pppd will reconnect.
address and netmask is in case you have fix ip. I have dynamic ip but 
configured so...
My system is configured as follows:

My provider script is /etc/ppp/peers/telecom

/etc/network/interface entry:

auto telecom
iface telecom inet ppp
        provider telecom
        address 200.200.200.123
        netmask 255.255.255.0
# please do not modify the following line
        pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
        up /etc/network/telecom_config_interface || true

The script
/etc/network/telecom_config_interface
will enable masquerading and port forwarding stuff etc.

Add the following options to the file /etc/ppp/peers/telecom:
  persist
  maxfail 0
To try endless with the modem to connect (mz provider use pppoe).

Greetings

Beat


Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:

> Hello Guys,
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> There seem to be a lot of network related questions on the list 
> recently, thought I'd add another one ;-)
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> I've got a ppp script configured on the system which connects just 
> fine with 'pon' and likewise disconnects with 'poff'. I'm now looking 
> to have the system treat it like the Ethernet, bringing ppp0 up when 
> the system boots and then maintain that connection if it is dropped.
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> What would you suggest is the best way to go about this? I've added 
> the ppp0 as an interface to /etc/network/interfaces like so:
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> auto ppp0
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> iface ppp0 inet ppp
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>   provider three
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> with 'three' being the name of the ppp dialer that I'm looking to use. 
> However when I run 'ifconfig ppp0 up' I simply get an error message 
> which says: 'ppp0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such 
> device' and if I restart networking I get an error like so:
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> voyage:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
> Reconfiguring network interfaces...if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for 
> interface ppp0 before doing NFS mounts (warning).
>
> /lib/udev/hotplug.functions: line 10: [: : integer expression expected
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> /lib/udev/hotplug.functions: line 10: [: : integer expression expected
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> done.
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> I'd appreciate your thoughts guys, let me know how you would go about 
> doing this, like I say, I want to bring the connection up as early as 
> possible in the boot and then ensure it is maintained and reconnected 
> if dropped.
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> Also, getting the system to do a timesync once connection is made 
> would also be good so the system has the latest time, in the same was 
> it does when connecting over Ethernet.
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> Cheers,
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> Rob
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