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From: chris@mercury.mikknet (Christopher L. Mikkelson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP connection keeps hanging up
Date: 27 Apr 1997 23:16:41 GMT
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>I'm trying to start a dialup PPP session to my ISP under 2.2.1 but it
>only ever lasts about 5 mins at most.
>
  Have you connected to this ISP before without trouble?  Some ISPs can have
flaky connections (or you might hav a flaky phone line), which gives this
sort of behavior.

  If your problem is "inside the box,"  I don't see what would cause it.

-Chris