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    Auto reboot if no ping response

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      jamesc
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      Hi all,

      I would like to implement a keep alive mechanism on a PPP (3G) connection .  The problem we have is the GSM carrier sometimes drops the connection after a few hours and we have to manually re-dial.  Is there an easy way I could implement the following feature:

      Ping WAN IP address i.e. 208.67.222.222 every 30 seconds
      If there is no reply after 3 attempts then consider the connection as DOWN
      Reboot pfSense box
      PPP connection is then re-established on startup.

      Any help would be much appreciated.

      Thank you  :)

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