From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 10 15:03:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA27119 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:03:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA27108 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:03:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA17675; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:02:55 -0800 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:02:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ron Steele cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Erols anyone In-Reply-To: <3142DCB9.446B9B3D@infi.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Ron Steele wrote: > There is a move afoot where I work to find a cheaper ISP. We > have tried Erols. We encountered a strange problem. After connecting > and acting "normal" for about five minutes, ppp just disconnects > and drops the phone line. Did you try disabling the timeout? PPP will disconnect after a set amount of inactivity. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major