I''m looking for a hack that will give me a persistent ppp interface. It''s ADSL + PPPoE, but the IP address at my end is effectively static. I don''t want the ppp0 interface to go away when the link goes down. I want ppp0 to hang around and just return icmp destination unreachable. Ideas anyone? TIA ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642