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I'm using nm-applet to dial up DSL pppoe connections. As there are a great number of users in my local network, I sometimes have to try many times to establish a successful connection.

I wonder is there some way to set nm-applet or network-manager repeat trying automatically until connecting successfully.

My system is Gentoo and desktop environment is Gnome.

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  • Which distro are you using? I suspect this can be fixed by adding some custom settings to the pppoe configs, but I'm not sure where to look. – Caleb May 18 '11 at 18:52
  • I am using a Gentoo box, and Gnome desktop environment. I have little knowledge about how ppp and pppoe stuff working. Can anyone give me some advice on where to start? – Liu Yongtai May 19 '11 at 00:49
  • you need to modify pppd parameters if that could work. – daisy Oct 06 '11 at 13:37

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You will have to modify default pppd parameter (e.g place a persist parameter) , into NetworkManager 's source code , which is not guaranteed to work.

However , with powerful script you could try with some shit like the following , given you have a workable pppd connection , called provider

Keeping dialing until we have a default route configured:

while ! ip r | grep -q default
do
   pon provider
   sleep 10
done

If PPPoE connection is your only choice , why not configure /etc/conf.d/net for a persist connection ?

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