[pptp-devel] PPTP Auto reconnect

[Mahdi O. <oja...@ou...>]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 12:14:15PM +0100, Il_Corvo wrote:

> > I have a PPTP Adsl connection with an ethernet modem.  I like to know

> > how can I set an auto-reconnection on disconnect because my line goes

> > down frequently.



> 0.  assuming you start your tunnel with ...



>       # pon adsl



> 1.  then a simple auto-reconnect on disconnect method ...



>       # while true; do pon adsl nodetach; done



> 2.  slightly more complex method asks pppd to do it instead ...



>       # pon adsl persist maxfail 100



> See also http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml#demand

> because it is possible to make the link appear to be up, and be

> established when the first packet needs to be sent, using "demand".



Where should I  apply 0 , 1 , 2 ?
If in pptpclient source files then which file ?