Reconnect after dissconnect

firedance · 04-18-2004, 03:56 AM

when my linux box gets dissconnected from the router (the router closes the connection some times) it wont reconnect. ... how can i make it reconnect automaticly?
I searched google but i didnt find anything(maby just my non-good searching skills) and in the forum there seemed to be quite alike questions with no answers...

chris78 · 04-18-2004, 04:35 AM

That depends on what your connection to the router is and why it gets cut off ?

Did you consider a firmware update if your router supports that ?

firedance · 04-18-2004, 05:00 AM

It is just a cable .. im not so good with networking.. its a d-link router thet connects to our broadband. It closes the connection sometimes when a new cable is connected or some special settings are changed (we change em often...) all computers with windows reconnects but the linux box does not that.

chris78 · 04-18-2004, 05:10 AM

I dont know if there is a way to detect a bad ended network device.
I guess the best you can do is set up a scipt that pings the routers ip and if it fails does a "ifconfig eth0 down && ifconfig eth0 up".

Code:

while true
  do if ping -c1 192.168.1.2
    then sleep 1
  else echo "its gone !!!"
    ifconfig eth0 down
    ifconfig eth0 up
  fi
done

I have not tested it but it worked with the echoes, so on your your own risk

.

firedance · 04-18-2004, 05:26 AM

hehe =) il try that , thanks