Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 23:08:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Yimin Hsiao <yihsiao@ucsd.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help with PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901230810.3114L-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <01BCB6FD.B3040EE0@yihsiao.extern.ucsd.edu>
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On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Yimin Hsiao wrote: > I'm trying to establish a conection with my ISP using ppp so that I can > use the web browser. I did it by going into ppp and using term program. > After a connection is established the ppp prompt switched to packet > mode, and I was free to use the web browser. But every time I did the > above, after a while (~2 min) I got logged off. Why is that? Am I > supposed to just use the term program to establish connection and let > the ppp program sit idle and go ahead and use my brower? Or is there > any command that I'm supposed to type in the ppp prompt after I made the > connection? Try running `set timeout 0' before starting `term'. Does your ISP automatically disconnect you after a time without any activity? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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