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> Hello,
> 
> 
> I've found that I can cause reboots at will simply by killing my pppd daemon.
> After I shutdown the modem or kill pppd, pppd is in DEs status.  My system
> then reboots.
> 
> Can anyone give me any tips on where to look for possible problems?
> Ideas?

You'll need to post more info.  I don't use pppd myself (yet), but
nobody else's complained recently about this sort of thing.

I can take a closer look at things next week - I'm away this weekend.

> Thanks for any and all help,
> 
> Gary
> 
> -- 
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