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From: radics@zip1.ziplink.net (Andras Radics) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp Date: 11 Jul 1997 19:24:03 GMT Organization: Powered by FreeBSD Lines: 35 Message-ID: <5q618j$o4v$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> References: <33C506A6.B743429B@postoffice.ptd.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710103152.171B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zip1.ziplink.net Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!brian.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.flex.com!news.pixi.com!news1.best.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!199.232.240.7!kayrad.ziplink.net!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44304 In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710103152.171B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net>, Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> wrote: >On 10 Jul 1997, Rick Knebel wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am somewhat new to freebsd but am familiar with Linux. >> I have been trying to set up my ppp connection to my ISP. >> I took the advice of the people on this list and read the handbook pages >> on ppp on the free bsd homepage. I actually got pretty far. I can now >> connect to my ISP but it disconnects within about 30 seconds. I have >> dynamic IP adress assignment and thought I followed the directions >> correctly in preparing my files in the etc/ppp directory. >> I had to actually make the etc/reslv.conf file before I added the >> entries. Was I supposed to do this or is this file not needed. >> Anyway if anyone has any suggestions I would much appreciate it as to >> where I can start looking for the problem that is causing my dropped >> connection. >> Thanks Alot > >Check your timeout in your ppp.conf > >ie set timeout=N (N=seconds) > I'm having a very similar problem, (good connection with a disconnect 30s - 2min later), but I found in the built-in error logging that it was due to "Too many ECHO packets lost" or some such. I've never had this problem before (under Linux and DOS/Windows) -- so what does this error mean? And what can I do to stop it? (Btw, the connection is at 26.4 and mostly error-free). Andras -- /\ Andras Radics May the Source be with you. \/ radics@ziplink.net