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#! rnews 1744 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wco.com!news From: "Jeffery T. White" <zellion@cyberwind.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP auto always connects Date: 12 Sep 1996 02:25:53 GMT Organization: West Coast Online's News Server - Not responsible for content Lines: 36 Message-ID: <01bba052$edc69ec0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> References: <01bb9e00$d64bc8a0$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> <32352DC1.7CB1@metrosol.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: zellion.cyberwind.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 > 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 Right on the money.. The routed sends out a request every few minutes. A dfilter in ppp.conf for the port stopped the madness! Thanks for everyone's suggestions.. | Jeffery T. White | email: zellion@cyberwind.com | | Cyberwind, The wind knows... | http://www.cyberwind.com