From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 16 18:11:50 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 38892113FA for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:11:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA25360 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:36:23 GMT (envelope-from brian@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 BAA03468 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:36:09 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199902170136.BAA03468@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp locking up In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:03:50 GMT." <36c98747.164241256@smtp.dial.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:36:08 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >1) Is there a way to force ppp to drop the line, without me having to > >walk across the room to unplug the phone line? ("reboot" works, but > >I was hoping for a more subtle method) man 8 pppctl > >2) Why does the line stay open when there is no throughput? Dunno. Try ``set log +tcp/ip'', it will show any packets that are keeping the `alive' timer active. Use ``show bundle'' to see the remaining idle time. > >3) Could this problem be related to an old release of FreeBSD? > >Should I get my ISP to install a more up-to-date release of > >either ppp or FreeBSD? I know this is an old release, but other than > >this problem it mostly "ain't broke, so why fix it"? If I should > >install a later release, which one? The latest from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html > >Thanks, > >Andre > > I have the same problem on 3.0-RELEASE. It doesn't happen very often > but it's a pain when it does. I kill the ppp process and unplug the > modem->phone cable for a minute or so. After re-starting ppp all's > well. I've no idea what causes it, neither have I a cure for it. > It's just one of those things I guess. Check the FAQ for suggestions (http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html). > Rich > > > FBSD3.0 : AMD PR75 : 32MB RAM : 335MD HD : V90 modem : NE2000 NIC > apache 1.3.4+PHP3 : named : qpopper: socks5 : ipfw : mysql : samba -- 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