From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 6 20:13:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A683A14BE7 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:13:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.219.234.30] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id da289695 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 23:12:55 -0500 Message-ID: <384C8969.4333AF1C@twave.net> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 23:13:29 -0500 From: Walter Brameld X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Steinfeld Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp seems to disconnect every 10 minutes? References: <99120616580900.12599@bsd.unixvillain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Steinfeld wrote: > hi all, > > I have multiple dialup accounts and it does not matter which one i am using > after about being connected fro aprx 10 minutes, my connection keep dropping > and its really starting to get on ym nerves. > > Anyone have any ideas what maybe the cause of this. I has never happened before > on any other of my freeBSd box's jsut this one imarticular. > > any suggestions or help would greatly be appreciated, > > thanks, > mike > > In your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file in the #defaults section, make sure you have a line that says "set timeout 0". I think the default is set to disconnect your connection after ten minutes. Walter Brameld To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message