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> I've been helping several friends with PPP under RELENG's and 2.2.5-BETA,
> and all my friends who use PPP (ex. FTP install over PPP, or the
> userlevel PPP) have complained about constant hangups (via 3 different
> ISP's). 
> 
> Is there any kind of problem I should be knowing about? Cant seem to get
> an FTP install to finish with any of them. 

You could try suggesting a "set reconnect 5 100" (check the man page 
for what this means).  However, if this is happening frequently, I'd 
look for a dodgy modem setting that isn't very tolerant of temporary 
CD glitches.  On a USR Sportster for example, you may want to 
ATS10=10 so that carrier must be lost for a whole second before the 
modem notices.

Remember, never use "set reconnect" with a timeout value that's less 
than your ISP.....

> ---
> thomas strömberg . system admin, royal institute of technology (stockholm) 
> nobody@darkening.com . irc:nobody@EFnet . talk:nonxstnt@silent.darkening.com
> real coders don't use comments. It was hard to write; it should be hard to read

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....