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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dial-up PPP...looking for help
Date: 27 Dec 1996 17:54:42 GMT
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John Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com> wrote:

> PPP Started.
> Disconnected! (but the modem doesn't drop carrier until i type quit!)
> Connect time 42 secs. (i just hung on long enough to find that nothing
> works)

You probably need to increase the log level, to see the real error.

I'm guessing the ``Disconnected'' means the other end has taken down
the connection for some reason (i.e., a ``software disconnect'').

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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