Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitry Valdov <dv@dv.ru> To: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp ip.c (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811112357130.646-100000@home.dv.ru> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.981111105347.20962F-100000@xkis.kis.ru>
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I've just tried to put "delete! default" in ppp.conf file and it has no effect. ppp hangs when default route exists. On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Dmitry Valdov wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:40:53 +0000 > From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> > To: Jason Fesler <jfesler@gigo.com> > Cc: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, > Dmitry Valdov <dv@dv.ru>, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, > current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp ip.c > > > > Sorry for the "implicit bug report", Brian, but I've been meaning to track > > > this down for a long time and make sure it's not user error. I often see this > > > > I've had this since the 2.2.2 days when I first started running ppp. > > After a while (hours, days, weeks - random) either carrier isn't noticed > > as being missing, or all outgoing packets don't cross the serial cable to > > to the other side. After a while I kinda gave up. > > Ppp won't expect carrier if it's not detected when ppp starts doing > LCP. This allows null-modem cables without the correct wiring to > work. > > As I've said to a couple of these posts - enable debug logging and > you'll see the carrier status reported every second. You can also > ``show modem'' to see what things look like. > > > I now every few minutes fping a few hosts on the nearby remote side. If > > they _all_ fail (a good 10 second timeout is given) then I kill -9 the ppp > > session, wait 2 seconds, then restart ppp. It's caught every strange > > random bug on either side soon enough that I no longer have to try and > > call home and walk the wife through ppp.. > > Ppp should be a lot more reliable these days. > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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