Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:52:11 +0100 From: R.Inder@ed.ac.uk To: hm@hcs.de Cc: R.Inder@ed.ac.uk, hm@hcs.de, ust@cert.siemens.de, freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG, richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: Re: Upgraded to oblivion Message-ID: <3059.199910031052@doyle.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <m11XgzG-0003lSC@hcswork.hcs.de> (hm@hcs.de) References: <m11XgzG-0003lSC@hcswork.hcs.de>
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> From: hm@hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis)
> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 10:27:18 +0200 (METDST)
> Cc: hm@hcs.de, ust@cert.siemens.de, freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG,
> richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
>
> >From the keyboard of R.Inder@ed.ac.uk:
>
> > have to watch for. But I don't think it is the heart of the problem:
> > tcpdump tells me I'm getting (only) these....
> >
:
:
> Yes, this i an old problem in i4b's sppp/isp driver which has not been
> fixed properly until now - an attempt to fix it can be found in i4b's
> contrib directory but which has another drawback.
>
> In short, i4b does not yet ignore LCP-Echo packets for
> idletime-hangup calculation and if the other side does not ignore
> them too, the line stays up forever.
>
> As far as i understood it, Brian Somers user ppp(8) handles this situation
> properly and ppp(8) is able to work with i4b since 0.82 - perhaps you
> might want to give it a try.
Thanks for the pointer.
> > Incidentally, one thing missing from the documentation that would
> > be useful for at least some people is some instructions about
> > getting i4b to work "dial on command" rather than "dial on demand".
>
> Volunteers, raise your hands! :-)
Indeed...
Any thoughts on why release 83 fails where release 70 works?
> hellmuth
Robert.
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