From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 17 15:12: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E28214EEC for ; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:11:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA73640; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:41:09 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA01847; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:40:22 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199906172140.WAA01847@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Christopher Michaels Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: Re: Frequent redials since upgrading to 3.2-STABLE. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:07:14 EDT." <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105997@site2s1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:40:22 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi, > Ever since I installed 3.2-STABLE (I used to have 2.2.8-STABLE) the modem > redials frequently. I am using ppp -alias -auto. I was using current ppp > sources when I was on 2.2.8-STABLE. Also, I have the timeout set to 30 > minutes. > > All I would like to know, is there a way to log what is dropping the line, > whether it's my ISP or if it's ppp. > > I am more apt to believe that it is a problem on the isp's end and not mine > but would like some verification if at all possible. Try ``set log phase lcp ipcp'' and then look for the Terminate messages. If you see a SendTerminateReq first, ppp is terminating, if you see RecvTerminateReq first, the peer is terminating and if you see Disconnected! first, the line is losing carrier. > Thanks > ________________________________________________ > Christopher J. Michaels > Corel Priority Technical Support > chrismic@ClientLogic.com > > "f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng." -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message