From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jan 8 18:57:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02218 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 18:57:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA02205 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 18:57:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02856; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 02:55:27 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA50192; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 02:41:25 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199901090241.CAA50192@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jon M. Craig (Pazuzu)" cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP not redialing... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Jan 1999 07:37:07 EST." <199901081246.HAA05157@legba.pwrtc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 02:41:22 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > About two weeks ago I (finally!) upgraded from 2.2.2 to 2.2.8. My FreeBSD > machine has a dedicated dial-up connection to the Net that I need to stay > up 24/7 no matter what. PPP used to, despite my ISP's best efforts to > thwart it, keep my connection live anytime it dropped. > > Now it doesn't. I have both reconnect and redial set to 50 tries, random > delay, but when the connection drops (usually at like 5am every day), PPP > does NOTHING. When I wake up at 7, it's still dead and will remain dead > until I do something. The weird thing is, all I do is run pppctl xxxx, and > it dials instantly. Before I even see the password prompt. What is the > problem here and how do I fix it? Are you running ``ppp -ddial whatever'' ? I'd suspect you're running ppp -auto and that the pppctl is triggering a DNS lookup.... If this isn't the case, how about supplying your config and a mention of how you're running ppp :-] > --- > Fr. Pazuzu 7:7:9 - Co-Owner of Amphigory, The Gothic & Magickal Emporium > Editor, Sentence ov Desire > Email: pazuzu@amphigory.com > WWW: http://www.amphigory.com/ -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message