Cron reset to PPPoE connection

[nOBeLium]

Hi,

I'd like to know if it's possible by a bash script to reset my ADSL connection everyday at 1.01am, because my ISP has no data limit in connections that start at 1.00am. I could run in cron, but I don't know the internal router structure, in questions of PPPoE.

Thanks for your time,

[xection]

you can disconnect pppoe with:

killall -1 pppd

and connect it back again with something like this:

pppoecd eth1 -u <username> -p <password> -o

this is tested on firmware v1.8.1.7-3.

you can actually see the command line which was used to make a pppoe connection by just looking at the list of active processes:

ps

[nOBeLium]

Thanks for your reply. I'll make a simple batch script with those lines and load it up on crontab

[Oleg]

Please note: starting with 1.9.2.7-3 firmware pppoecd no longer used. If you need simple reconnect - just execute

killall -1 pppd

This way it disconnects and then reconnects after 30 seconds.

[nOBeLium]

Ah, yes! I noticed that actually. Wasn't sure if it was a request sent from the adsl modem (strange, but could happen) or a firmware feature.

Thanks Oleg.

[Elron]

hi,
can somone write an HowTo for reset PPPoE connection?

if possible step by step

I tried it with some informatition from this forum and google but with no succes. (linux noob)
it woud be nice if this feature could be added to webinterface

[barsju]

See updated how-to: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=1058