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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!decwrl!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!paigen From: paigen@netcom.com (David Paigen) Subject: more pppd problems (routing, dns, auto up/down) Message-ID: <paigenD3HKHy.Dus@netcom.com> Organization: Forte Computer Systems, Brisbane CA Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 17:27:34 GMT Lines: 26 Hallejah! I finally got pppd up and running. I am using a modification of the scripts from the ppp FAQ in /usr/share/FAQ. Anyway, here are a bunch of questions: My line often drops after 30-40 minutes. Is this my problem, my RBOC, or my ISP? Only once has it lasted any longer (12 hrs.). My machine does not know how to find interesting machines out there in net land. i.e. I can say 'ping ftp.uu.net' and it says 'ping: unknown host ftp.uu.net'. I assume that I have to run dns, or something like that. Pointers? I think I understand how to do auto-connect ('connect' in the options file), but how do I tell pppd to take itself down after an idle time (say, 10 min)? Thanks for you help, for these and many previous questions, -David -- ----------------------->"Lay on, McDuff, 14th c. ideals in a 21st c. world David Paigen and damn'd be he San Francisco who first cries, Will answer stupid user paigen@netcom.com 'hold, enough!'" questions for beer.