From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 27 01:36:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA24445 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 01:36:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA24409 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 01:35:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id KAA19217 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:31:13 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03835; 27 Feb 98 10:31:52 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 27 Feb 98 09:43:24 +0100 Subject: Re: PPP link terminated unexpectedly. (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 26 Feb 98 23:05:43 Tim Moony wrote regarding Re: PPP link terminated unexpectedly. (fwd) TM> It's not uncommon for ISPs to terminate the connection when the TM> connection is idle for too long (mine does). What you need is TM> to do a search from the mailing list for "stay connected". There TM> are scripts that work. Usually it involves pinging a nearby TM> site (or address) to tell if the connection is dropped. TM> TM> Call the script every 5 minutes and your connection should stay TM> connected or be restored (either way). A simple ping can be told to only send a ping every n seconds. No need to make a script. Anyway, why bother to stay online all the time? I can get online in 5 seconds anyway; I use ISDN... Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message