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

[Edward Dekkers]

Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> 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!
> 

Saw this one before Rodolfo, but was hesitant to answer because I only 
know one work-around.

IF wvdial can handle ISDN (I think it can), you might want to try the 
reverse of what pppd does (i.e. call chat script), and use wvdial instead.

WVdial makes a connection, then calls pppd to establish ppp. I know 
wvdial will never quit trying because there's actually a setting for it 
within the wvdial.conf.

My only thought. Sorry not much to go on.

Regards,
Ed.