Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:58:13 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Glen Mann" <gmann@cyberia.com>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP keepalive filters Message-ID: <042601be32bd$f5374380$010a000a@danco.home>
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Are you sure it's your ISP who's dropping the connection? What's the value of your "set timeout" line in your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file? Make sure it's set to something longer than the default 300 (5 minutes). --Dan -----Original Message----- From: Glen Mann <gmann@cyberia.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 12:04 PM Subject: PPP keepalive filters >Hello- > >My ISP drops my connections after a ridiculously short inactivity. >Apparently the afilters are the way to keep the connection alive, >however, the documentation does not say what the following do: > ># ># KeepAlive filters ># Don't keep Alive with ICMP,DNS and RIP packet ># > set afilter 0 deny icmp > set afilter 1 deny udp src eq 53 > set afilter 2 deny udp dst eq 53 > set afilter 3 deny udp src eq 520 > set afilter 4 deny udp dst eq 520 > set afilter 5 permit 0/0 0/0 > >What actually happens, especially where performance is concerned? Would >it be better to send a ping packet every few minutes? > >Thanks >-Glen > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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