From owner-freebsd-net Tue Feb 15 14: 3:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-94.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.222]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B62A34B90 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:37:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA27797; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 21:18:17 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA00412; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:14:21 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200002150814.IAA00412@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Fisch, Eric" Cc: Brian Somers , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: PPP Gateway Routing Problem In-Reply-To: Message from "Fisch, Eric" of "Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:16:02 EST." <8389C74A65EFD111B03800805FA7658F06D71F6A@USDALEXC01> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:14:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Now my problem is that some service is preventing my ppp from timing out > properly. When the system boots, it connects to the ISP (I don't know why). > The ppp.conf file is set to timeout at 10 minutes, but it never does. I > have to pick up the phone receiver to disrupt traffic and force a > disconnect. Interestingly, it does NOT reconnect until I manually force an > out-bound packet (ftp, telent, ping, etc.), and when it does connect, it > stays connected until I pick up the receiver again. The hunt goes on... You need to enable tcp/ip logging to determine what's keeping the line up. I think ppp really needs to be able to dis-assemble DNS traffic.... Hmmm > Thanks for all your suggestions, > Eric -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message