Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 06:36:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Omer Faruk Sen <ofsenfreebsd@yahoo.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: drinkster3@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Alcatel ADSL/USB problems Message-ID: <20011011133613.70802.qmail@web9302.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011011121829.I32562@ns2.wananchi.com>
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Demand dialing has nothing to do with that 4 seconds problem. I have read somewhere that that is the problem of that driver in FreeBSD. I suggest you to use linux speedtouch driver thus a linux box as your gateway. I have also read somewhere that Linux driver has buffer overflows. I don't know if that is solved :) --- Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> wrote: > * Richard Drinkwater <drinkster3@hotmail.com> > [20011011 10:59]: writing on the subject 'Alcatel > ADSL/USB problems' > | I'm working on setting up ADSL via USB on a > FreeBSD box. At the moment it > | connects and then after around 4 seconds drops the > connection and reconnects > | successly, unless I have processes using the > connection. This is my > | ppp.conf. > | > | default: > | ident user-ppp VERSION (built COMPILATIONDATE) > | set log Phase Chat IPCP CCP tun command > | adsl: > | set authname <login> > | set authkey <password> > | set device !"pppoa2 -vpi 0 -vci 38 -v 1" > | accept chap > | set speed sync > | set timeout 0 > | enable lqr > | set lqrperiod 5 > | set redial 15 10000 > | set dial "" > | set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 > 0.0.0.0 > | add default HISADDR > | > | Any ideas? > > Try this in your rc.conf: > > ppp_mode="ddial" > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington > Wananchi Online Ltd., > wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. > Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., > Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE > > You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing > about a principle is that > it can always be sacrificed to expediency. > -W. Somerset Maugham, "The Circle" > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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