From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 10 19:47:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17124 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:47:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ss454.dyn.ml.org (putc2219096.cts.com [209.68.219.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17114 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:47:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Received: from localhost (michaelr@localhost) by ss454.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA04619; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:48:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:48:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Reeh To: Tony Simaz cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP Dialup In-Reply-To: <199808110230.WAA15904@garcon.qtm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Um is your ISP disconnecting you because of idle time-outs? Mine does.. so i have /etc/crontab update my dyndns records every 10 minutes.. that along with local email subscriptions to some freebsd lists, usually does the job of keeping some minor network traffic going pretty well mike reeh michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Tony Simaz wrote: > I have set up FreeBSD 2.2.6 to be a server on my home net. It > works great. I have not enabled firewall services yet but that is > coming. I do have one small problem. The server dials out at what > seems to be random times. I have found that it dials when I boot > my workstation to NT. But this is not the only time it dials. The > server is in my bedroom and at 3:00 am I hear it dial out and > connect to my ISP. I do not have Sendmail running. At first I > thought it was Sendmail so I shut it down as I wasn't using it > anyway. This machine just serves as a gateway to the net. > > If anyone has an idea I would appreciate hearing it. > > Tony... > Good Judgment, Well that comes from experience. > Experience, Well that comes from bad judgment. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message