[wplug] Linux equivalent to FreeBSD's ppp -ddial

Mark Haney mh4s at xinterra.com
Mon May 24 16:35:37 EDT 2004


Hi,

I connect to the internet using a slow modem connection. With FreeBSD 
I upgrade larger software components by connecting to the internet 
with the "ppp -ddial [my provider]" command and then using "make fetch-
recursive". If I lose my internet connection it automatically redials. 
The make command in the ports system will also try each file a few 
times before giving up. This is nice because I can just start a 
download when I go to bed, or before I go away for the weekend, and it 
will run well unattended.

I'm also trying out Debian, and I've noticed that when I try to do 
an "apt-get update" command it just fails when I lose my internet 
connection. Any hints on setting this up so it can run unattended like 
on FreeBSD? I'm able to track Woody ok via modem, but I would like to 
try upgrading to Sarge, and if I have to manually restart every time I 
lose my internet connection it will take me a month!

Thanks for any ideas you may have.

Mark  



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