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Date:      Mon, 05 Jan 1998 07:15:58 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
To:        Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: User mode ppp, -ddial fails to redial after Carrier drops 
Message-ID:  <199801050715.HAA13276@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jan 1998 10:36:37 %2B1000." <4A256583.000D93AA.00@notes.aipo.gov.au> 

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> Dear Ladies and Gentelemen,
> 
> I am writing to ask for help with the superb user mode ppp.
> 
> I think I have followed the 2.2.5 man pages configuration for dial on
> demand but when my modem drops carrier - frequent since it shares a line
> with a Telstra (Australia) T200 handset - it does *not* redial.
> 
> The ppp.log does not show that Carrier has dropped and the ppp process
> tries to deliver packets from IP to the other end.
> 
> kill -INT <ppp_proc> restarts but it only fails again ..

Take a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html.  It describes 
various ways to diagnose problems like this.

Better diagnostics are available in the latest version on

  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian

> Thank you.
> 
> Yours sincerely,

Cheers.

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....





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