From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 30 02:51:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA29673 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 02:51:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bigpuppy.newell.arlington.va.us (mcnsisdn.newell.arlington.va.us [206.27.237.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA29660 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 02:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mnewell@localhost) by bigpuppy.newell.arlington.va.us (8.6.12/8.6.9) id FAA09885; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 05:48:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 05:48:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Newell To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: Neil Bradley , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP -direct indefinitely In-Reply-To: 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 Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Doug White wrote: > Well, I can think of two things: > > 1) They need to telnet into PPP (I think on port 3001, the admin port) > and run 'quit all' to kill it properly. > > 2) The csh is sticking around because PPP isn't quitting and thus > allowing the system to reap the process. A couple of extra things to check: - does rc.serial specifiy the line properly as a modem line? - is the modem set to reset when DTR is dropped? [Mine has a factory default that _ignores_ DTR transitions. :-(] - is the modem set to drop CD when carrier is lost? [Again, on mine I seem to recall that this was not the case; CD was always on! :-(!!] - does your modem cable support full modem handshake? [Some (cheap?) cables don't provide all the lines; you need RX, TX, RTS, CTS, DSR, GND, CD, and DTR in most cases...] I use pppd instead of ppp 'cause I can't get ppp to stay running more than a few minutes during heavy loads; it just keeps disconnecting. :-( Way uncool too, since ppp supports predictor-1 compression and pppd does not :-( :-(. Much obliged, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein | | Affiliation: | are mine. You can take them or | | Address: | leave them. Flames to /dev/null. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Mike@Newell.arlington.va.us | http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | "Peace. It's wonderful!" Father Divine. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+