Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] dhcpcd config query for DSL-MAX and D-link DSL-300T

[<vk...@ex...>]

> I've recently changed adsl service and my adsl modem and now have a
> problem.  If the adsl line goes down, which it does occasionally when it
> feels the need to renegotiate the line rate, the DL network connection
> is disrupted and doesn't recover without manual intervention.
....
> My question is: has anybody else experienced this problem and is it a
> reasonable way to work around it?  Is there a better way?

Not sure about a better way but I have the following script running as a
minutely cron job:

#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
#echo "Checking the network connection..."
status=`ifconfig | egrep "^ppp0"`
#echo "Result: $status"
if [[ -z "$status" ]]
then
        #echo "Oops, network is down. We are in trouble. Stopping ADSL"
        pppoe-stop
        #echo "Waiting 4 seconds"
        sleep 4
        #echo "Starting ADSL"
        pppoe-start
fi


I tried hooking to ppp-down before but if the box cant reconnect
immediately things get messy.


Regards

Vesselin