[Server-devel] call home setup via 3G modems

[Nicolas Antonio Corrarello]

I would definitely suggest openvpn, since you start the daemon, It
keeps trying to connect, so basically you never lose access to the
server

2010/11/24 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>:
> Yes, I've done something similar.
>
> For providers that do not provide a return routable IP address, I used
> ppp and openvpn, otherwise I used ppp and dyndns.
>
> Making the connection with ppp is relatively straightforward, a script
> can activate pppd with the necessary arguments, there's no need to stuff
> around with NetworkManager if you don't want to.
>
> For an example script that makes a connection:
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/darcs/eee-bpw/usr/sbin/bpw
>
> This was part of an eeePC support package for a service available in
> Australia, see:
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/bp3-usb/eee.phtml
>
> And my original research on which this was based was here:
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/bp3-usb/
>
> Once the connection is up, OpenVPN can be started, or dyndns activated
> to register the IP.
>
> The key to writing a script that runs pppd and then starts OpenVPN, is
> to use the updetach option to pppd.  This returns success from the
> command once the connection is established.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
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