Stefan Seyfried wrote:
Hi Bjoern,
this has nothing to do with the kernel, so your choice of mailing list is sub-optimal. I'll answer here anyway. I know. I mix mails for two lists in one folder and I took the false mailing list name in first try.
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. Thank you. "DEMAND=no" and big idle times look logical.
I should test all the discussed options. By the way, what is a good way to avoid network packets which bring up the PPP connection on-demand for testing "persist" options? (My idea is to write a firewall rule, which blocks all traffic from LAN to dsl0 device. Another option can be the "active-filter" expressions in pppd. "Closing all network programs" is probably not the best option, because there are too much programs and libraries which use the network.) Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org