From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 22 0: 4:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B6851595E for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:04:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id IAA28087; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:00:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA01033; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:07:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199904220607.HAA01033@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Alexander Maret Cc: "'Rich Fox'" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Understanding PPP log file? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:30:19 +0200." <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA0D7D@erlangen01.axis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:07:15 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From rfc-index.txt: 1334 PPP Authentication Protocols. B. Lloyd, W. Simpson. October 1992. (Format: TXT=33248 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC1994) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) [.....] 1548 The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). W. Simpson. December 1993. (Format: TXT=111638 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1331) (Obsoleted by RFC1661) (Updated by RFC1570) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) So I think 1994 and 1661 are better bets. > Hi, > > have a look at those RFCs. Especially the second one (should be enough to > understand the log). > > RFC1333 PPP Link Quality Monitoring: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1333.txt > RFC1548 The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP): > ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1548.txt > RFC1334 PPP Authentication Protocols: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1334.txt > > Alternatively you could send it to the list, perhaps someone can interpret > it for you. > > regards, > > Alex > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know a good resource to use for learning how to read the > > ppp.log file? > > I keep losing my *dedicated* connection, the ISP insists that it's my > > phone line, but I don't think it is. I want to read the > > ppp.log to see if > > there's any info there, but I don't know what most of the information > > in there actually means. :( > > > > TIA > > > > Rich. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message