[asterisk-users] should trixbox system hang when ISP drops connection?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  NEWBIE alert:  i'm a linux person, not an asterisk person so i'm
certainly capable of handling any linux-flavoured solution you can
suggest.  here's a note i got from a local company i know (some proper
names removed):

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Now and again our ISP goes down and when it does give us a hicup, the
Asterisk system shuts down (not very forgiving). When it shuts down
our phone system as well goes down. This will need some visitation as
to a resolution however would it be possible for now to have a
heartbeat happening on the ISP so that should it go down, a email is
generated to myself advising that this has occurred. This will then
notify me to reboot the tribox.

Let me know if this is doable.

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  so, is there an easy fix for this?  if the ISP goes down, does that
necessarily mean that trixbox has to go down as well?  or should i be
asking this question on a trixbox-specific list?  thanks.

rday

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