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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello Guys,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There seem to be a lot of network related questions on the
list recently, thought I’d add another one ;-)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>auto ppp0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>iface ppp0 inet ppp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
provider three<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>voyage:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Reconfiguring network interfaces...if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]:
waiting for interface ppp0 before doing NFS mounts (warning).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>/lib/udev/hotplug.functions: line 10: [: : integer
expression expected<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>/lib/udev/hotplug.functions: line 10: [: : integer
expression expected<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>done.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Rob<o:p></o:p></p>
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