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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!spring.edu.tw!howland.erols.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP auto always connects Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 19:52:43 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3234758B.63D9@www.play-hookey.com> References: <01bb9e00$d64bc8a0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Jeffery T. White wrote: > > My PPP auto connection won't disconnect and stay that way. As soon as it > times out or my ISP times me out it radials. This happens even when the BSD > system is the only thing powered on on the net so I'm sure it is something > in the system. I've tried the tcpdump but it needs some device I don't have > in my kernel and I'm hoping someone here knows the problem so I can avoid > the kernel build on a 386 :(. > > I've also tried adding all the filters I can think of that won't directly > be a problem, i.e.. I have left such things as DNS alone. > > I'm running 2.1.5-RELEASE, with everything pretty much as the manuals and > the web pages say to do it. The system acts as a router for 2 Win95 > machines with gateway=YES and routed -s in sysconfig. > > I guess it could be worse, at least I can connect. Only thing is I have to > turn off the modem to stop it! :) > Check your configuration files in /etc/ppp -- what is specified in case of a loss of IP connection? Also, if you have any active tasks that expect to access your ISP (such as the nameserver), that action will force a re-connect. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |