diff --git a/check_inet.sh b/check_inet.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+device=${1:-"ppp0"}
+
+provider=${2:-"dsl-provider"}
+
+ptp_addr=`ifconfig $device 2>/dev/null | grep -e "P-[tz]-P" | cut -d":" -f3 | cut -d " " -f1`
+
+alternate_addr="google.com heise.de debian.org ubuntu.com"
+
+reconnect() {
+   ifdown $provider >/dev/null 2> /dev/null
+   sleep 5
+   killall -9 pppd
+   sleep 2
+   ifup $provider >/dev/null 2> /dev/null
+   sleep 3
+   ptp_addr=`ifconfig $device 2>/dev/null | grep -e "P-[tz]-P" | cut -d":" -f3 | cut -d " " -f1`
+   if [ "X$ptp_addr" == "X" ] ; then
+      echo "[ Error ]: reconnection host `hostname --long` failed at `date +\"%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S\"`"
+   else
+      echo "[ `hostname --long`]:  reconnected at `date +\"%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S\"`"
+   fi
+   echo ""
+   echo "`df`"
+}
+
+if [ "X$ptp_addr" == "X" ] ; then
+   reconnect
+else
+   ping -c3 $ptp_addr >/dev/null 2> /dev/null
+   rval=$?
+   if [ $rval -ne  0 ]; then
+      for ip_addr in $alternate_addr  ; do
+         ping -c3 $ip_addr >/dev/null 2> /dev/null
+         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            exit 0
+         fi
+      done;
+      reconnect
+   fi
+fi
+   
+exit 0;