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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!news.prd.nomura.co.uk!news-server From: Steve Gailey <steveg@metrosol.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP auto always connects Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:58:41 +0100 Organization: Metronome Solutions Ltd. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <32352DC1.7CB1@metrosol.demon.co.uk> References: <01bb9e00$d64bc8a0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.201.66.79 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) 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 suggest that you have something in your system which is causing the connection to come up again. I would suggest it is probable RIP broadcasts. Try checking your startup files for routing daemons. Steve