LinuxQuestions.org - hacking adsl-connect

Right now, I am trying to get my router to update my ipv6 HE tunnel endpoint automatically every time my dynamic IP address changes. I already have an automatic update script(written in perl), /etc/conf.d/net.sixbone.pl. I knew that every time my adsl connection dies, it gets revived by adsl-connect so I figured that by modifying this script, I could make adsl-connect tun /etc/conf.d/net.sixbone.pl every time it runs pppoe. No such luck. (otherwise I wouldn't be here :)).

my script looks like this at the moment: ( only included the important part; the part I edited. otherwise, it would be way way way too long.)

Code:

while [ true ] ; do

    if test "$OVERRIDE_PPPD_COMMAND" != "" ; then

        $SETSID $OVERRIDE_PPPD_COMMAND &

        echo "$!" > $PPPD_PIDFILE

    elif test "$LINUX_PLUGIN" != "" ; then

        $SETSID $PPPD $PPP_STD_OPTIONS $DEMAND &

        echo "$!" > $PPPD_PIDFILE

    else

        $SETSID $PPPD pty "$PPPOE_CMD" \

            $PPP_STD_OPTIONS \

            $DEMAND \

            $PPPD_SYNC &

        echo "$!" > $PPPD_PIDFILE

    fi

    /etc/conf.d/net.sixbone.pl #this is it

    wait



    if test "$RETRY_ON_FAILURE" = "no" ; then

        exit

    fi



    # Run /etc/ppp/adsl-lost if it exists

    test -x /etc/ppp/adsl-lost && /etc/ppp/adsl-lost



    # Re-establish the connection

    $LOGGER -p daemon.notice \

        "ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection."



    # Wait a bit in case a problem causes tons of log messages :-)

    sleep 5

done

instead of getting something like this when I run /etc/init.d/rp-pppoe:
...
*bunch of ipv6 related stuff* Connected!

I get:
.. Connected!

notice the lack of the ipv6 related stuff. If it makes any difference, I am using Gentoo with linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r13 as my kernel. the kernel has pppoe support built in.

if you have any ideas please tell me. that'd be great.