Odd Disconnects from ppp
Brian Somers
brian at Awfulhak.org
Wed May 2 02:27:08 BST 2001
Any chance of disabling your email encryption ?
The first thing you need to do with a problem like this is enabling
logging to try to determine why the connection is being lost. Take a
look at the ``set log'' command in ppp(8).
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> Hello again,
> =20
> Since using FreeBSD as my gateway I haven=92t had any problems apart =
> from
> one, every so often in the middle of the night I would get disconnected,
> and the modem would start redialling, as I=92ve had problems dialling in
> (I have to dial several times until it produces the right tone) this
> gets annoying and wakes me up in the middle of the night, not nice , the
> isp I use is BTconnect ; I=92ve been able to stay connected for a week
> sometimes using my windows 2000 machine. So I=92m wondering what I=92m =
> doing
> wrong, the option I use in ppp is:
> =91ppp =96nat =96ddial btconnect=92=20
> =20
> 4:29PM up 4 days, 22:39, 3 users, load averages: 0.28, 0.24, 0.37
> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
> dialout a1 ppp -nat -ddial Mon11PM - -
> =20
> as you see, I=92ve had to redial last night at 11.
> Any help is great!
> =20
> Regards,
> =20
> William Cooper
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> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Since using FreeBSD as my gateway I =
> haven’t had
> any problems apart from one, every so often in the middle of the night I =
> would
> get disconnected, and the modem would start redialling, as I’ve =
> had
> problems dialling in (I have to dial several times until it produces the =
> right
> tone) this gets annoying and wakes me up in the middle of the night, not =
> <span
> class=3DGramE>nice ,</span> the <span class=3DSpellE>isp</span> I use is =
> <span
> class=3DSpellE>BTconnect</span> ; I’ve been able to stay connected =
> for a
> week sometimes using my windows 2000 machine. So I’m wondering =
> what I’m
> doing wrong, the option I use in <span class=3DSpellE>ppp</span> =
> is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>‘<span class=3DSpellE><span =
> class=3DGramE>ppp</span></span>
> –<span class=3DSpellE>nat</span> –<span =
> class=3DSpellE>ddial</span> <span
> class=3DSpellE>btconnect</span>’ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
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> style=3D'font-size:
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:time Hour=3D"16" Minute=3D"29"><span =
> class=3DGramE><font
> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4:29PM</span></font></span><=
> /st1:time><span
> class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
> font-family:Arial'><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0 =
> </span>up</span></font></span><font
> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
> 4 days, </span></font><st1:time Hour=3D"22" Minute=3D"39"><font size=3D2 =
> face=3DArial><span
> lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22:39</span></font></st1:tim=
> e><font
> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
> 3 users, load averages: 0.28, 0.24, 0.37<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USER<span =
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0
> </span>TTY<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
> </span>FROM<span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
> </span><span class=3DGramE>LOGIN@<span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0 </span>IDLE</span> =
> WHAT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DSpellE><span class=3DGramE><font =
> size=3D2
> face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>dialout</span></font></span>=
> </span><font
> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span>a1<span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span><span =
> class=3DSpellE>ppp</span> -<span
> class=3DSpellE>nat</span> -<span class=3DSpellE>ddial</span><span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0 </span>Mon11PM<span =
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=A0=A0=A0=A0
> </span>- -<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 =
> face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>as</span></font></span><font=
> size=3D2
> face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> you
> see, I’ve had to redial last night at =
> 11.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Any help is =
> great!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
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>
> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB =
> style=3D'font-size:
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