starting adsl connection automatically at boot time
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Sat Dec 18 21:35:47 UTC 2004
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 07:49:12PM +0000, othman El Moulat wrote:
> Hi guys ....
> I have an adsl internet connection which is working fine on a RH 9 box...
> however i'm obliged every time i boot the system to start this adsl connection
> manually when i log on as a root user...after this i issue the following 2
> commands in a terminal:
> #eaglectrl -d
> #startadsl
> the first command is responsible for sending options to the driver and the
> second actually start the connection...
> now i wonder if there is a way to start this connection automatically when the
> system boot up?
>
> many thanks for helping...
>
> othman
There may be a more straightforward way, but to do precisely that, put
the commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. But use the full paths for the
commands because there is no PATH set at that time.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.
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