Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 04:23:00 +0400 From: Tema Zelikin <gunslinger@ukhta.net> To: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@doom.homeunix.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: FreeBSD 4.10, dial-up, cvsup, ports Message-ID: <1194443361.20041004042300@ukhta.net> In-Reply-To: <20041003185151.GA13039@doom.homeunix.org> References: <41604B5B.6010009@terra.com.br> <20041003185151.GA13039@doom.homeunix.org>
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Hello, Igor.
Sunday, October 3, 2004, 10:51:51 PM, you wrote:
>> I had to switch from a ADSL to a dial-up connection and I had to chang=
e
>> the settings on my FreeBSD 4.10 box.
>> After reading The Handbook, I had sucessfully connected to the ISP, bu=
t
>> there are times that the ppp does not work correctly:
>> - cvsup'ping hangs during the middle of an update,
>> - fetch'es during a "make install" ports also hangs
>> I have configured /etc/ppp/{ppp.config,ppp.linkup}, and set /etc/.conf=
:
>> ppp_enable=3D"YES"
>> ppp_profile=3D"provider"
>> Does anyone have any idea of what is going on?
IP> Probably your link to ISP just drops.
IP> Consider using pppd, it has an ability to reconnect to ISP.
you need to add this string in your rc.conf:
ppp_flags=3D"-ddial"
ppp will reconnect to provider when link drops.
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