Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:44:57 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Kenneth Legg <sce04020@mail.wvnet.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp Message-ID: <19990711124457.A253@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <378770C2.CE5C0209@mail.wvnet.edu>; from Kenneth Legg on Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 12:11:46PM -0400 References: <378770C2.CE5C0209@mail.wvnet.edu>
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On Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 12:11:46PM -0400, Kenneth Legg wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.5 and I'm having trouble hooking to my ISP. The > modem dials and seems to connect, but drops the connection with in a > couple of minutes. This is my first attempt at connecting FreeBSD to an > ISP so I'm sure there's many things I could be doing wrong. Here's the > script I'm running form ppp.conf, the only things I've changed are the > phone number, user name and password the rest is a exact copy. > > ################################################################# > # > # PPP Sample Configuration File > # > # Written by Toshiharu OHNO > # > # $Id: ppp.conf.sample,v 1.5.2.12 1997/09/10 01:00:27 brian Exp $ > # > ################################################################# > > # Default setup. Always executed when PPP is invoked. > # > default: > set device /dev/cuaa0 > set speed 115200 > set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0 OK-AT-OK > \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" > ISP: > set phone 1234567 > set login > set authname foo > set authkey far > set timeout 120 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You're telling it to drop the line after only 2 minutes of inactivity. Try increasing it to 300 or more. HTH -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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