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From: Uwe Hahn <uwe@waldeven.in-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: ppp -auto and netscape
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:09:26 GMT
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Rob van Vliet wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I run FreeBSD 2.1.5 and "ppp -auto ISP", no named.
>
> Every time I start Netscape 3.0b6 the ppp program starts dialing out,
> while there's no reason for a connection, as far as I can see.
>
> Anybody experienced this problem as well?
>
> Any idea what's the reason for this behaviour?
Probably, one of your proxy servers is checked for response.
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