Handling a PPP connection

chaskins has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there any modules that could aid me or advice that could be offered as to how I'd communicate with a modem and setup a PPP connection with an ISP? The situation I have is my ISP drops the connection after 2 hours and I want to write a script that would monitor the connection, if it finds it's dropped it then dials the ISP and reconnects me to the web? Thanks Chris

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Re: Handling a PPP connection by Cirollo (Friar) on Jun 05, 2001 at 18:08 UTC
If you happen to be using Linux, look into Diald. If you're using Windows... eh, maybe you could set up a Linux box to route for you :)	[reply]
Re: Handling a PPP connection by TheoPetersen (Priest) on Jun 05, 2001 at 19:09 UTC
You could take apart this Perl script and adapt it to your needs. It's a CGI-based PPP controller. Cut out the CGI parts and do what you like with it :) It's PPP Remote Control, Josef Drexler's very useful connection controller app.	[reply]
Re: Handling a PPP connection by RhetTbull (Curate) on Jun 05, 2001 at 19:32 UTC
In additon to the other scripts already mentioned, you might find mlong's ppp-keepalive script useful.	[reply]
Re: Handling a PPP connection by one4k4 (Hermit) on Jun 05, 2001 at 19:25 UTC
You may want to use super search to help you out, a simple search for "ppp" resulted in PPP in Win32, which is sort of in your direction. Provided you are on a Win32 platform. Sending AT Commands is a different story, and this node may be your friend.... Just my $0.02 _14k4 - webmaster@poorheart.com (www.poorheart.com)	[reply]
Re: Handling a PPP connection by larryk (Friar) on Jun 05, 2001 at 20:00 UTC
On my win2k box there's a "redial if line is dropped" (or similar wording) checkbox in the advanced DUP settings. you should check there first - no need to write a perl script to do something the OS already does! "Argument is futile - you will be ignorralated!"	[reply]
Re: Handling a PPP connection by ckohl1 (Hermit) on Jun 05, 2001 at 20:54 UTC
If the target is a Linux box, the PPP daemon will call '/etc/ppp/ip-down' on disconnect. You can place your restart script in there. Chris 'You can't get there from here.'	[reply]