Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:25:27 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Angelo Turetta <ATuretta@stylo.it> Cc: "'freebsd-questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Brian Somers'" <brian@Awfulhak.org> Subject: Re: ppp(8) hanging up under heavy load. Message-ID: <199902112225.WAA05796@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:59:41 %2B0100." <210F5CDE0707D211B4BD00062905C842069DDB@styloserver.stylo.it>
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This sounds like ppp is getting nuked with a signal. Take a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html. Your best bet is to build ppp with debug symbols and attach to it with gdb. When it abends, gdb should catch it. > Hi everybody, > > First, please cc: to my address any reply you sent to -questions. > > This problem has been plagueing me for two years, and now I try asking for > some hints. > I have a 486 box, serving dialin connections through 4 USR 28800 modems by > mean of a Stallion EasyIO/8 multiport serial board. The box is running > 2.2-STABLE (CVSUP-ed around 2.2.6 Release.) > It consistently drops the line when the link is heavily used for more than a > couple of minutes (typically FTP transfers & SMTP messages larger than some > hundreds KB) > > The problem is not solved even with the latest ppp(8) (the one from > RELENG_3), so I think ppp itself is not the primary culprit. > > What's most strange, when the link drops, the ppp process (started with > -direct by getty) doesn't log any of the normal 'Phase' messages (connection > statistics, carrier lost and so on.) > > For your information, the PC is running routed, and has an ETInc board > driving a 128 Kbps FR link (that gives me no problems). In my ppp.conf I've > setup CHAP authentication, and the local end of the link is being given the > same IP address of the ethernet card, while the remote end gets an address > defined in ppp.secret. > > Do you have any tip for what should I do/check to get rid of this problem. > (I'm already planning an HW/OS upgrade of the box) > > Angelo Turetta. > RainbowNet - Italy -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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