Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:55:26 +0100 (MET) From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: jcondon <jcondon@computer.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp pmdemand dials when I dont want it to Message-ID: <199711192255.XAA27450@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: jcondon's message of Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:33:48 -0500 References: <3473310C.EEF454E2@computer.net>
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> > Been wrestling with this for about a week. Started running 2.2.2 and > did a fresh reinstall to 2.2.5. All seems to work fine except it dials > and apperently does DNS lookups for apperently no reason. I have > removed the -q option on Sendmail, and disabled Sendmail altogether. > When I unplug the ethernet cable from the Win95 machine, or dialup via > its own modem / DUN it doesn't cause the UNIX box to dial in. However > when the Win95 is plugged into the ethernet and running nothing more > then explorer and systay it will dial in with in 15 mins usually > sooner. I did notice that if I dial in with the Win95 box and do > NOTHING it sends about 250 bytes a min and receives about 15K. Could > this have something to do with it? This is a Win95 bug, related to having exported SMB drives. If you drop the SMB drives, it (probably) won't dial out. There is also a registry setting to achieve this, but I don't remember what it is. And it's not a reasonable topic for freebsd-hackers, IMHO - use freebsd-questions. Eivind.
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