On 28/12/2020 09:34, Tixy wrote: > On Sun, 2020-12-27 at 23:56 +0000, Graham Seaman wrote: >> I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line connection. >> My external line occasionally drops out, usually briefly (I'm trying to >> get this fixed but need a workaround in the meantime).
> I know this is not what you asked for, and may not work for your use > case, but how about just preventing pppd stopping in the first place? > For my system that I set up 10 years ago and is still running, the > notes I wrote at the time say this: > > Edit /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider to add a line saying "maxfail 0"; > after the 'persist' entry is a good place. This should stop pppd > from timing out when it can't connect. > > I did that so my internet connection came back up when the modem > reconnected after an outage. > That seems to work fine and is a nice simple solution. At any rate, it works when I just yank the cable out temporarily; now to leave it for a while to see if it works with the real problem too (maybe a week or two before I know). Thank you! Graham
