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Date:      Mon, 6 Jan 1997 15:00:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        mbayles@h130.aone.net.au
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP Connection Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970106145710.817X-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <32CF4032.2E51@h130.aone.net.au>

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On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 mbayles@h130.aone.net.au wrote:

> I have finally got PPP to dial my ISP, modem connects, neg's an IP
> address & then establishes a PPP connection. Then after a random amount
> of time it hangs up. All I could figure out from the log is the message
> "1 too many ECHO packets lost"

Echo packets are periodically sent to make sure the connection is still
live.  My ISP (the UO) has a similar problem with spontaneous dropping.
The only thing I can do is redial :(  I'm using user mode PPP tho.

Bad phone line quality may be contributing to this...

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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