From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 4 23:21:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA11282 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 23:21:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA11241 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 23:20:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA13276; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 07:15:58 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199801050715.HAA13276@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User mode ppp, -ddial fails to redial after Carrier drops In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jan 1998 10:36:37 +1000." <4A256583.000D93AA.00@notes.aipo.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 07:15:58 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Dear Ladies and Gentelemen, > > I am writing to ask for help with the superb user mode ppp. > > I think I have followed the 2.2.5 man pages configuration for dial on > demand but when my modem drops carrier - frequent since it shares a line > with a Telstra (Australia) T200 handset - it does *not* redial. > > The ppp.log does not show that Carrier has dropped and the ppp process > tries to deliver packets from IP to the other end. > > kill -INT restarts but it only fails again .. Take a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html. It describes various ways to diagnose problems like this. Better diagnostics are available in the latest version on http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian > Thank you. > > Yours sincerely, Cheers. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....