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From: "Jeffery T. White" <zellion@cyberwind.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP auto always connects
Date: 12 Sep 1996 02:25:53 GMT
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> Jeffery T. White wrote:
> 
> > My PPP auto connection won't disconnect and stay that way. As soon as
it
> > times out or my ISP times me out it radials. This happens even when the
BSD
> > system is the only thing powered on on the net so I'm sure it is
something
> > in the system. I've tried the tcpdump but it needs some device I don't
have
> > in my kernel and I'm hoping someone here knows the problem so I can
avoid
> > the kernel build on a 386 :(.
> 
> I suggest that you have something in your system which is causing the
> connection to come up again. I would suggest it is probable RIP
broadcasts.
> Try checking your startup files for routing daemons.
> 
> Steve

Right on the money.. The routed sends out a request every few minutes. A
dfilter in ppp.conf for the port stopped the madness! 

Thanks for everyone's suggestions..

| Jeffery T. White
| email: zellion@cyberwind.com
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