Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:57:45 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: relyod@indigo.ie (Michael Doyle) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuration Question Message-ID: <199801291457.IAA29956@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980129130906.00937710@pop.indigo.ie> from Michael Doyle at "Jan 29, 98 01:09:06 pm"
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In a previous message, Michael Doyle said: > I have set a PC up as a mail server for my company. > Setup: > * It allows users to connect via Eudora (using the "popper" server) > and send and recieve mail. > * It connects to the ISP by "dial on demand" > user level PPP, with a script "ondemand" in ppp.conf , invoked in > rc.local > with the command line "ppp -auto ondemand" > > The "glitch" I'm seeing is that any time a user tries to connect, (or I try > to telnet) to the server in question, it dials out if the connection is down. > I.E. it seems to dial the ISP not only when there's outbound traffic, but also > any time there's traffic on the local link (the ethernet card) > > Any suggestions regarding what I might have configured wrong? > If anyone wants to help, I would send the detailed configuration files to > them, rather than clog up the mailing list with the files. :-) Run tcpdump on tun0 to see what's going out. I'm going to guess it's a DNS query. > Mike > <><=======================================><> > Michael Doyle Home: 280 3042 > Network Administrator Work: 661 0588 > Co-Operation North relyod@indigo.ie > -- Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left... right?
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