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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!oleane!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!surfnet.nl!news.tue.nl!asterix.urc.tue.nl!rcbapb From: rcbapb@urc.tue.nl (Peter Benschop) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp timeout problem with direct cable connection Date: 31 Aug 1996 19:35:42 GMT Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 21 Message-ID: <50a46e$kge@tuegate.tue.nl> References: <4vs21k$1rk@tuegate.tue.nl> <32234362.446B9B3D@diac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: asterix.urc.tue.nl In article <32234362.446B9B3D@diac.com>, Paul M. Newhouse <pimin@diac.com> wrote: >Peter Benschop wrote: > >>All seems well at first, but every 838839778...840935198 secs I get a >>timeout and the connection drops dead. > >Every 26.5+ years ??? I'd be pretty happy with that. > >Paul I just came to the conclusion myself that 838839778 seconds is in fact a looong time. Unfortunately, in practice it means 3 days 21 hours and some minutes. Don't ask me why the log file shows this ridiculous number.... Peter. -- ================================================================================ Peter Benschop E-mail: rcbapb@urc.tue.nl ================================================================================