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Subject: Re: ppp -auto 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> When I run ppp -ddial it works perfectly, but when I try
> -auto it times out fine but then retries after the same 
> timeout even with no input it just sets and cycles every
> 300 seconds or whatever time I put in timeout.  
> There must be something very simple here that I am missing
> and am going to be very embarssed about but I give up.

Do a "set log +tcp/ip" (or "set debug tcp/ip ..." in older versions) 
to see what packets are triggering the dial.  You can then disable 
them via "set dfilter".

> Thanks
> 
> Ed

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