Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 22:53:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: john kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp (interactive) and timeout Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970213225318.612R-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199702140447.WAA00248@bga.com>
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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, john kenagy wrote: > Greetings, > > It's me again with more novice questions. While I've got the interactive > ppp working I'm still trying to work out a few kinks. > > I am trying to get it to work as an on demand process but it never seems to > time out and disconnect. I am using the examples provided in the files > as distributed and those I've found in the documentation. It always starts > and I can use the connection just fine. Even when I close all the applications > that might use ppp and leave it for 3 or 4 times longer than the "timeout" > variable it still seems to be connected. That is, checking email is almost > immediate and there is no dialing etc. (I'm using 2.1.5R) Are you sure the connection's completely idle? The system may be doing things (dns lookups, etc) that you may not be aware of. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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