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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!murphy.servtech.com!cyber1.servtech.com!not-for-mail From: rmillian@cyber1.servtech.com (rudynel millian) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: User ppp, client mode,... Date: 8 Jan 1996 19:50:16 -0500 Organization: Servtech, Inc. Rochester, NY Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cse48$c2i@cyber1.servtech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyber1.servtech.com I am a new FreeBSD user (a couple of months now), and I am using version 2.05. I followed the instructions in the handbook to setup my user ppp to dial my ISP. I put "ppp -auto CyberLink" in my rc.local file which is supposed to connect to my ISP on demand, according to the handbook and the man page. But user ppp dials in shortly after booting up, and remains connected until my ISP kicks me off (no activity for 20 minutes), at which point user ppp immediatly calls back. Is this the way it is supposed to work? I want user ppp to call my ISP only when there is a packet going out, not when the system boots up. I also want user ppp to timeout and disconnect if there is no activity for a given number of minutes. Could it be that my system is really trying to send some packets out? Like sendmail checking the queue? If so, how do I check who is attempting to send packets? rmillian