From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Aug 2 18:49:35 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DC443A49E6 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 18:49:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-il1-x12b.google.com (mail-il1-x12b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BKVRy0vkVz3YQp for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 18:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-il1-x12b.google.com with SMTP id t18so29403001ilh.2 for ; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 11:49:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ZPuioIoqXgpFH2Lp2tQoBoxV96w6ZTysiarN/TR7TGE=; b=ZHUzSxIZodXoFEFLikyhHQ+Utf8/i/AvpjCSwxjDYcxsuFzzmdy/unCivVLphqnvHe /F4UeIm37cveo0dShHYPUim876OaIXhnXIgHhJJawm2FmyTkJpjyCwcQ4efGNUsImrXB /Bv7zkmejDJX0V4BS4Ncr+nZC7mbSaXP7tg122TLAGLpETdkGRWOD3Pe3/5TvQlqip1j 9WQphTnjuN1xxAFXwVqXjNngGo7IypMJg1J7tYKYGlWJiev0++7JoGWBbsfgYKRvnEiG NCsqNX6B1z6w+zoghP32TQcQ7CQHsn8OyCUEbwLR2YEipH/18JghX79dVkXYIz0sLdbT s7BQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ZPuioIoqXgpFH2Lp2tQoBoxV96w6ZTysiarN/TR7TGE=; b=dps8tITERBMW56FcDNf3kqMPRC5dkE3Rrp4cDoKXd0t3F/vga98Nt2gg2S+yOi3BUd H9j4915YhH62/bkto1HO7rHQ8qyks8JVAyqt6KTW4CLqIwKe1pgGDXUWVMsJozWRB+K2 BzFNvTmJ1WS5qPTzI3XlvuCh/YwUpgnaRQLuRbA8P4j9Vq3waU65b9ZRyWM99b7CiPq5 TPMo2kTnT94jVuhMT4EPPs8Umg+5riN0uyPwMJcNZpdI9e2AiGFlsTcrxCWkqRAW6tkE +5nPESPQViY/B5MELXMm4ByOZ9QneADGs8qILxalwtK2sh51Mv9WPnk9XF7GzyEtBZRf ZnuA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5308iL5A7dL6d13NFsOv02NoVqnNjVMjYAziPjjHzkjzDzN63+AH LMGM0zhERk+xAN3ol8lGXMOIKZFynoDXvVO+y8APRQwWBIk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxZuWUHyE7mi+no3rc0WjQ0SIbqY/mkOCp+L3j9mhCwUzHBe6V5ewJr5yMCQP1hjMCnV66242NxL60eCuvjdpI= X-Received: by 2002:a92:1814:: with SMTP id 20mr14537946ily.81.1596394172596; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 11:49:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2020 14:49:21 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Best way to force net/pptpclient to stay connected? To: FreeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BKVRy0vkVz3YQp X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=ZHUzSxIZ; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::12b as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.29 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[1]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.27)[-0.271]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.01)[-1.005]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.01)[-1.014]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::12b:from]; HTTP_TO_IP(1.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2020 18:49:35 -0000 My hosting company is worse than useless after repeated attempts to make my VPN connection to them never timeout/disconnect it does so randomly after a few hours of being connected. After a fair amount of research I have been able to length this from a few mins to a few hours but I am out of ideas now and short of writing reset on no ping shell script or the equiv and having it run all the time is there any other tricks I can try. Here is my /etc/ppp.conf: default: set log phase chat lcp ipcp ccp tun command set authname XXX set authkey XXX set timeout 0 set mppe 128 add 10.31.10.0/24 HISADDR enable lqr echo # set lqrperiod 45 set ifaddr 0 0 nat enable yes Here is command line I use to invoke it: /usr/local/sbin/pptp --nobuffer --loglevel 2 [vpn server IP goes here] & -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org