Fwd: pppd does not persist enough, gives up after 10 attempts

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

Hi!

Got no responses, and haven't found the answer on my own either after a 
week, so I am reposting an earlier question. Anyone care to comment?

The basic question is: how can I tell pppd to redial until hell freezes 
over, and NEVER stop trying to reestablish the connection? The "persist" 
parameter quits after 10 hang-ups.

Thanks!

>To: redhat-list at redhat.com
>From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
>Subject: pppd does not persist enough, gives up after 10 attempts
>Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:59:49 -0600
>
>Hopefully someone has a clue-by-four with which to hit me on this one. I 
>have an RHL-9 box (Shrike) with all updates and ppp-2.4.1-10 installed. 
>This box is properly configured to dial out to my ISP on an ISDN line 
>(external modem via serial port), and works beautifully in all ways but 
>one: if pppd experiences 10 hang-ups, it exits and does not restart. Here 
>are the relevant files:
>
>---------------------------------------
>
>### /etc/ppp/peers/terra
>
>demand
>persist
>ttyS1 crtscts 115200
>user 'rpaiz1 at terra.com.gt'
>connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/peers/terra-chat'
>
>### /etc/ppp/peers/terra-chat
>
>TIMEOUT         5
>ABORT           '\nBUSY\r'
>ABORT           '\nNO ANSWER\r'
>ABORT           '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
>''              '\rAT'
>'OK-+++\C-OK'   ATH
>TIMEOUT         60
>OK              AT
>OK              ATB40E1\&H3\&J3Q0X5
>OK              ATDT4709999
>CONNECT         ''
>
>### /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>#!/bin/sh
>#
># This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
># You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
># want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
>
>pppd call terra
>touch /var/lock/subsys/local
>
>---------------------------------------
>
>As you can see, both the "demand" and "persist" options have been 
>specified and in fact work as advertised... up until pppd sees that 10th 
>hangup. Then, it's gone.
>
>Can anyone tell me how to instruct pppd in the fine art of redialing until 
>hell freezes over? I don't want it to *ever* be off-line for more than the 
>2 seconds it takes to redial. And it's disturbing to go away on business, 
>then not be able to connect back to the house because pppd got bored.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help!
>
>
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>Rodolfo J. Paiz
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>http://www.simpaticus.com
>
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