Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 08:54:32 -0500 From: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> To: Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -auto over-dials Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19991105085432.01113530@mail.embt.com> In-Reply-To: <01BF278C.17A29960.cholet@logilune.com>
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At 12:48 11/05/1999 +0100, Eric Cholet wrote: >Hi, > >I just installed a 3.3 system and have configured ppp in automatic mode >to dial my ISP. The setup works fine, but I find that ppp is dialing out >every few minutes. > >I have stopped sendmail, I have no named running. I have no cron jobs. > >How can I proceed to see what triggers the dialing out? > >Thanks, >-- >Eric > Probably DNS queries or something, try tcpdump -ni tun0 and see who it's connecting to and on what port numbers. You can grep for the port numbers in /etc/services to see what they do. 'man tcpdump' for details of course Once you find out what is causing the problem, you can set up a filter in ppp.conf to prevent it from dialing on that condition. Tom Embt ICQ UIN: 11245398 tom@embt.com d:-)> ------------------------------------------------------------------ "You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!" "Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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