From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 13:27:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6B737B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:27:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from endrun.org (64-252-123-242.adsl.snet.net [64.252.123.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3831543F93 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:27:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from christian@endrun.org) Received: from www.endrun.org (www@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by endrun.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with SMTP id h55KbH9n047702; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:37:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from christian@endrun.org) Received: from 65.198.79.131 (SquirrelMail authenticated user christian) by www.endrun.org with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:37:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <33211.65.198.79.131.1054845437.squirrel@www.endrun.org> In-Reply-To: <1054844067.249.44.camel@jake> References: <1054844067.249.44.camel@jake> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:37:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christian Sauer" To: "Adam" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 [CVS-DEVEL] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange PPPoE behaviour -- Need help to avoid fees X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:27:18 -0000 Adam said: > I just got a call from my ISP telling me that my DSL has been > disconnecting and reconnecting every 3 minutes for the past few months, > and that this is putting a heavy load on their servers. They're > considering charging me for all this extra bandwidth, as they're certain > that the problem is on my end. > > I don't notice the disconnections here, but maybe the ppp process is > doing some weirdness that is transparent to me. Here's my ppp.conf: > > default: > set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command > ident user-ppp VERSION (built COMPILATIONDATE) > > openweb: > set authname xxxxxx@xxx.xxx > set authkey xxxxxxxx > set device PPPoE:dc0 > enable dns > enable lqr > add default HISADDR > set dial > set login > set mru 1492 > set reconnect 3 6000 > according to the man page ... by default the PPP connection times out after 3 mins. It suggests using "set timeout 0" to disable it. try adding that to the ppp.conf file. > > Does anyone see anything suspicious in my configuration that might be > causing the problem? I'm going to try switching my GNet modem with a > Daewoo, but I'm thinking that the problem probably lies in my ppp.conf > settings. > > Thanks, > -- > Adam -Christian -- Van Buren: "He probably thought a 9mm divorce would be cheaper" Briscoe: "..And less bloody" -Law & Order: Season 9 _Formerly Famous_