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Date:      Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:36:28 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Matt Curtin <cmcurtin@interhack.net>
Cc:        Frank Seltzer <frankd@gator.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ppp hangs using PAP 
Message-ID:  <199901311636.QAA92483@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "30 Jan 1999 14:19:24 EST." <xlxpv7wva9v.fsf@gold.cis.ohio-state.edu> 

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I've just added a new section to the FAQ at

  http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html

entitled ``My connection hangs after a random amount of time''.  It 
may be worth a visit (it should be available in less than a day).

> [moved to questions]
> 
> [Snipped story about PPP staying up for days at a time until a change
> at the ISP that uses PAP authentication, after which PPP hangs up
> routinely.] 
> 
> I have experienced the idential situation here, with an older release
> of FreeBSD (2.1.5-R).  I (incorrectly?) blamed the situation on my
> infinitely competent ISP.
> 
> I'm curious to know what's happening, but don't consider the problem
> to be much in the way of a crisis.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Curtin cmcurtin@interhack.net http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !



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