Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:02:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Christoph Sold <cs@cheasy.de> Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP RecvEchoReply -- how to keep them off my line? Message-ID: <199907142202.XAA12345@dev.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:29:08 %2B0200." <199907142129.XAA02817@kiste.cheasy.de>
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> Hi Folks, > > apologies for asking a FAQ, but I could not find it in the (3.1-R) > Handbook solved. > > Looking through /var/log/ppp.log while dialed into one of my ISPs, every 10 > seconds a packet crawls through the line: > ---<snip>--- > Jul 14 23:20:27 kiste ppp[1967]: tun0: LCP: deflink: RecvEchoRequest(34) state = Opened > Jul 14 23:20:27 kiste ppp[1967]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendEchoReply(34) state = Opened > Jul 14 23:20:37 kiste ppp[1967]: tun0: LCP: deflink: RecvEchoRequest(35) state = Opened > Jul 14 23:20:37 kiste ppp[1967]: tun0: LCP: deflink: SendEchoReply(35) state = Opened > ---<snip>--- > > Annoyingly, this keeps the connection from timing out. Is this a ppp > feature I can deny? You can't deny it - sending the reply is mandatory (well, nearly - from memory, ppp *MAY* decide not to send the packet, but if it gets a repeat REQ, it *MUST* reply). This should *not* refresh the idle timer though. Does ``show b'' say otherwise (with ``set log +hdlc lcp phase'' showing if traffic is arriving) ? > Thanks in advance > -Christoph Sold -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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