Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:55:23 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Tony Simaz <ajs@garcon.qtm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP Dialup Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9808111552090.11657-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199808110230.WAA15904@garcon.qtm.net>
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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. That'd be nameserver queries causing it to dial out. The /etc/daily script has a `netstat -i' in it somewhere that'd cause it to happen. 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. Sendmail is notorious for doing heaps of nameserver queries as well.. -- Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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