Hi Bjoern, this has nothing to do with the kernel, so your choice of mailing list is sub-optimal. I'll answer here anyway. Am 08.01.2015 um 23:56 schrieb Bjoern Voigt:

/etc/sysconfig/network/providers/provider0 there is

ASKPASSWORD='no' AUTODNS='yes' DEMAND='yes'

IDLETIME='1500'

AUTO_RECONNECT='yes'

My problem is, that I need a nearly useless service ('ping' or 'fetchmail' for instance) which starts network requests regularly so that the DSL connection starts and stays alive.

Is there a recommended way to start DSL without any network request, so that it's nearly always on? In openSUSE documentation I only found two alternatives: always-on and manually. Both are not ideal. (I know, that the provider breaks the connection every 24 hours. The router should reconnect than.)

If you put it to always-on (I guess that would be "DEMAND=no") and leave "AUTO_RECONNECT=yes", doesn't it auto reconnect after the provider drops the connection? It's a long time since I used modems/ppp other than 3G in my Linux box, so I don't know the exact details, but it would seem logical. another way would be to put idletime to 90000 seconds, but you still need to start the connection somehow with a ping or similar. Good luck, Stefan -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org