Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 01:01:31 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: daniel lawrence <danny@alphazed.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: userland ppp timeouts Message-ID: <199712110101.BAA17050@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Dec 1997 13:03:01 GMT." <348D4185.DC04C67C@alphazed.com>
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> I'm trying to configure iijppp for -auto mode. It seems that some
> timeout is just a little too short. If I start ppp and then try to check
> mail from netscape, netscape times out waiting for the modem to dial. If
> I then try to check the mail again, it works fine since the connection
> is established by this time.
>
> It's not just netscape that acts this way. FTP and telnet do the same. I
> would like applications to wait just a little bit longer before giving
> up. Is there a setting somewhere for this timeout?
I suspect the problem you're *really* having is that the first
connection will never work if you've got a dynamic IP address. The
connection is initiated using one IP, and by the time the packet is
actually sent, the interface has been assigned a different IP and
your ISP never routes any of the traffic back.
I'm working on fixing this at the moment.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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