From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 18 15:36:21 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 F1C6314E39 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:36:13 -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 UAA79592; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:38:51 +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 UAA01414; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:32:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199906181932.UAA01414@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: mmercer@ipass.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Somers Subject: Re: I have Frequent redials using ppp -ddial.... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:56:40 EDT." <376A5018.448D1DB8@ipass.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:32:56 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello all, > > I use ppp -ddial to keep a connection up with my ISP. However it randomly > disconnects. Meaning it does not disconnect me at set intervals... > Can someone tell me what is causing this? > > Thanks, > Michael [.....] Check out the FAQ for some suggestions. I'd bet it's either your ISP getting bored or it's line noise that your modem mistakes for carrier loss. -- 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