Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:26:28 -0800 (PST) From: Jan Koum <jkb@best.com> To: Andrew Stevens <andrew@log.on.ca> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117182424.28600C-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <m0xsI70-0004CcC@logon.log.on.ca>
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By default ppp has a timeout limit: ppp ON guildenstern> show timeout Idle Timer: 180 secs LQR Timer: 30 secs Retry Timer: 3 secs You need to "man ppp" to see what timeouts you want to change and how to do it. Another thing is that your ISP might be timing out on idle connections to clear their lines. -- Yan On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Andrew Stevens wrote: >-- [ From: Andrew Stevens * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > >Greetings: > > I recently moved FreeBSD to a new computer (did a reinstall, only copied >motd and a few other files), and ever since the move, my modem has been >involuntarily disconnecting while I am on the internet. While I am on the >web or doing downloads, things work fine and I can be on for hours at a time >, but as soon as I do something which requires short, quick blips back and >forth between myself and another machine (in particular, checking my mail, >finger, ICQ), the modem disconnects. Any ideas what the problem might be? >I'm currently running FreeBSD 2.1.7 with the new, hacked version of ppp, >which was obtained from the FreeBSD site. > >Thanks in advance, > > > > >Andrew Stevens. >
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