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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!newshub.tc.umn.edu!mr.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!news.swan.ac.uk!eefeisal From: eefeisal@atlantic.swan.ac.uk (Feisal Mohammed) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP auto always connects Date: 10 Sep 1996 08:51:51 GMT Organization: University of Wales Swansea Lines: 23 Message-ID: <513a77$7pr@news.swan.ac.uk> References: <01bb9e00$d64bc8a0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlantic.swan.ac.uk X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.4 (BETA) UNIX) In article <01bb9e00$d64bc8a0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com>, 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. [snip] Whoa! doesn't DNS have to look outside to resolve names? If you send a packet destined for the outside wouldn't PPP attempt to remake the connection? Of course leave the things that you want in to start the connection. I filter everyting and leave only ping, so to start my connection I ping my ISP. I assume that it's ijppp you are running if so you don't need to rebuild the kernel to fix the problem, it's just a configuration issue. If it is kernel PPP then I don't know what is the problem but I suspect it's the same configuration issue. -Feisal Feisal Mohammed <f.o.mohammed@swansea.ac.uk>