From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 31 10:57:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04473 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:57:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04464; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:56:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA02475; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:37:23 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id QAA92483; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:36:28 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199901311636.QAA92483@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Matt Curtin cc: Frank Seltzer , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp hangs using PAP In-reply-to: Your message of "30 Jan 1999 14:19:24 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:36:28 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message