Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 20:25:33 -0400 (EDT) From: -=WireHead=- <timothy.butkiewicz@wmich.edu> To: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@uswest.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filters in pppiij Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960411202133.679948770A-100000@wmich.edu> In-Reply-To: <316D1983.55C@uswest.com>
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On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Paul T. Root wrote: > 2511, and everything seems fine. Except, it never drops the line. > I have timeout set to 120. I was reading the man page and looked Do you possible have network trafiic running trhough the link? i.e. ntpdate or a time program? Maybe an IP broadcast? Without traffic, your line should drop if timeout is set to 120. try running tcpdump for a few minutes and see if there is traffic on your system going (or leaking) out through you PPP line. > at ppp.conf.filter.sample, and that looks like exactly what I want. > However, the man page doesn't say how to install it so ppp will > look at it. my suggestion would be not to use ppp.filter if you don't *need* to. The file worls like this. Simply copy ppp.conf.filter.sample to ppp.conf.sample and then edit what is necessary in ppp.conf.filter ijppp will automatically see it. +-----------------------> *)(* WireHead *)(* <-----------------------+ |Feed the NOiSe in2 the .SYS fone: 616.349.8044| |Please end destructive system_X: 616.373.6680| | nuclear testing http://arbornet.org/~wirehead| | ! PGP Key available upon request. ! eMail:wirehead@pobox.com| [<*>]--------------------------------[<*>]--------------------------------[<*>] Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org finger u6butkie@lab.cc.wmich.edu *---------------------------------------------*
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