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Subject: Re: ppp is broken???
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On Thu, 10 May 2007 10:12:00 +0200
Nagy L=E1szl=F3 Zsolt <nagylzs@freemail.hu> wrote:

>=20
> >  =20
> >> The format of the statement to add
> >> is ifconfig_xxxx=3Dup where xxxx is the NIC's FBSD interface name
> >> used by PPPoE that you specified in the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file.
> >> ee /etc/rc.conf      # add following statements=20
> >> ifconfig_xxxx=3Dup
> >>    =20
> >
> > I've not needed to do this,
> >
> >  =20
> >> ifconfig_tun0=3D"DHCP"    # get your ISP assigned IP address
> >>    =20
> >
> > PPP has its own mechanism for getting an IP address and dns server
> > addresses. You don't normally need to specify DHCP for the
> > interface.=20
> I'm now totally confused. I tried this configuration also, but the=20
> connection still drops in every 3 hours. Can it be a problem with the=20
> ISP? I'm going to do a stress test with another computer to see if
> the ADSL line is stable or not.
>

Are you using the  -ddial option?

if you start ppp through rc.conf  add

ppp_mode=3D"ddial"