From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 3 18:53:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4209416A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:53:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from voodoo.oberon.net (voodoo.oberon.net [212.118.165.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E863543D39 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:53:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from igor@doom.homeunix.org) Received: from dialup153-73.ip.peterstar.net ([81.3.153.73] helo=doom.homeunix.org) by voodoo.oberon.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.42 (FreeBSD)) id 1CEBTr-000Cag-UX for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 20:53:30 +0200 Received: from doom.homeunix.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by doom.homeunix.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i93Iq8rt013063; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:52:09 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@doom.homeunix.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by doom.homeunix.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i93IppHU013062; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:51:51 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor) Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:51:51 +0400 From: Igor Pokrovsky To: Feng Message-ID: <20041003185151.GA13039@doom.homeunix.org> Mail-Followup-To: Feng , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <41604B5B.6010009@terra.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41604B5B.6010009@terra.com.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.10, dial-up, cvsup, ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 18:53:31 -0000 On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 03:56:27PM -0300, Feng wrote: > Hi, People, > > I had to switch from a ADSL to a dial-up connection and I had to change > the settings on my FreeBSD 4.10 box. > > After reading The Handbook, I had sucessfully connected to the ISP, but > there are times that the ppp does not work correctly: > - cvsup'ping hangs during the middle of an update, > - fetch'es during a "make install" ports also hangs > > I have configured /etc/ppp/{ppp.config,ppp.linkup}, and set /etc/.conf: > ppp_enable="YES" > ppp_profile="provider" > > Does anyone have any idea of what is going on? Probably your link to ISP just drops. Consider using pppd, it has an ability to reconnect to ISP. -ip -- To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.