Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 01:45:32 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Scott Johnson <srj@jps.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD doesn't see the phone line drop. Help! Message-ID: <199708280045.BAA03443@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:20:01 PDT." <3.0.2.32.19970827162001.00caa740@mail.jps.net>
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> Hi, > > I've got a FreeBSD 2.1.0 setup that is routing traffic to/from my home LAN > to my ISP. > > Pac Bell has had muddier than usual lines, and it's causing the modem to > give up and hang up. > > Problem is, iijppp isn't seeing DCD go low. I have the comstate program > that Bruce Evans > posted (thanks, BTW) and it shows DCD toggling from low to high on carrier > detect, and > toggling back to low when the line goes bad (some well-placed whistling > into a phone causes > this for testing purposes) > > Problem is, iijppp just goes on merrily stuffing packets down the bad > interface and doesn't > acknowledge that the connection is gone-- so you have to go in and manually > close the connection. > The logfile shows bunches of HDLC errors when this is happening. > > -----begin----- > $ telnet localhost 3000 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > User Process PPP. Written by Toshiharu OHNO. > Working in auto mode. > PPP ON kauai> > > #<whistle into phone until line drops-- PPP stays capitalized, indicating it > thinks the line is still up> > > PPP ON kauai> close > ppp ON kauai> > > #<sounds of redialing> > -----end----- > > So, am I assuming anything wrong? Should it work this way? I'd *like* a > redial > to occur if the line craps out-- or at least have it acknowledge it so I > don't have > to go and pull it down myself. > > Here's the stty for the modem port: > -----begin----- > 1-# stty -a -f /dev/cuaa1 > speed 9600 baud; 0 rows; 0 columns; > lflags: -icanon -isig -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echoke -echonl > -echoctl -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho -pendin > -nokerninfo -extproc > iflags: -istrip -icrnl -inlcr -igncr -ixon -ixoff -ixany -imaxbel -ignbrk > -brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk > oflags: -opost -onlcr -oxtabs > cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow > -dtrflow -mdmbuf > cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; > eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^?; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; lnext = ^V; > min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; status = <undef>; > stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W; > -----end----- > You could try getting the latest version of ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian. Drop me a line if you're still having problems. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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