On 9 Feb 2004, at 15:20, Evren Yurtesen wrote:> Hello,
>
> Do you think it would be possible to have a pppoe connection with the
> pppd and if pppoe fails the system use the modem automatically after 5
> minutes of unsuccessful pppoe dial attempts and then close the modem
> when pppoe is working again?
>
> Can anybody give some tips or ideas how this can be done?
You'd start with Pingmonitor[1] and modify it to use a second ppp
setting if the primary fails. However, you'll need a lot more work to
make it switch back if the PPPoE line comes back.
[1] http://logicsquad.net/freebsd/pingmonitor-how-to.html
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