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Subject: Re: Alcatel ADSL/USB problems
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* Richard Drinkwater <drinkster3@hotmail.com> [20011011 10:59]: writing on =
the subject 'Alcatel ADSL/USB problems'
| I'm working on setting up ADSL via USB on a FreeBSD box.  At the moment it
| connects and then after around 4 seconds drops the connection and reconne=
cts
| successly, unless I have processes using the connection.  This is my
| ppp.conf.
|=20
| default:
| ident user-ppp VERSION (built COMPILATIONDATE)
| set log Phase Chat IPCP CCP tun command
| adsl:
| set authname <login>
| set authkey <password>
| set device !"pppoa2 -vpi 0 -vci 38 -v 1"
| accept chap
| set speed sync
| set timeout 0
| enable lqr
| set lqrperiod 5
| set redial 15 10000
| set dial ""
| set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
| add default HISADDR
|=20
| Any ideas?

Try this in your rc.conf:

ppp_mode=3D"ddial"

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