Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:37:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christian Sauer" <christian@endrun.org> To: "Adam" <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange PPPoE behaviour -- Need help to avoid fees Message-ID: <33211.65.198.79.131.1054845437.squirrel@www.endrun.org> In-Reply-To: <1054844067.249.44.camel@jake> References: <1054844067.249.44.camel@jake>
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Adam said: > I just got a call from my ISP telling me that my DSL has been > disconnecting and reconnecting every 3 minutes for the past few months, > and that this is putting a heavy load on their servers. They're > considering charging me for all this extra bandwidth, as they're certain > that the problem is on my end. > > I don't notice the disconnections here, but maybe the ppp process is > doing some weirdness that is transparent to me. Here's my ppp.conf: > > default: > set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command > ident user-ppp VERSION (built COMPILATIONDATE) > > openweb: > set authname xxxxxx@xxx.xxx > set authkey xxxxxxxx > set device PPPoE:dc0 > enable dns > enable lqr > add default HISADDR > set dial > set login > set mru 1492 > set reconnect 3 6000 > according to the man page ... by default the PPP connection times out after 3 mins. It suggests using "set timeout 0" to disable it. try adding that to the ppp.conf file. > > Does anyone see anything suspicious in my configuration that might be > causing the problem? I'm going to try switching my GNet modem with a > Daewoo, but I'm thinking that the problem probably lies in my ppp.conf > settings. > > Thanks, > -- > Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> -Christian -- Van Buren: "He probably thought a 9mm divorce would be cheaper" Briscoe: "..And less bloody" -Law & Order: Season 9 _Formerly Famous_
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