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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@portsoft.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: network hangs Date: 19 Mar 1997 21:31:28 GMT Organization: Portland Software Lines: 26 Message-ID: <01bc34ad$27e77cc0$7c01a8c0@teds.portsoft.com> References: <01bc347a$00837180$e2206dc2@rbsoen> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunnet.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37533 I've had the same problem and ended up rebooting it as you do. You can set up a cron job once every few days to do it. I'd suggest that you program the modems to dial into each other in case of a carrier loss, check your USR documentation on how to do this. Robert Soen <rsoen@xs4all.nl> wrote in article <01bc347a$00837180$e2206dc2@rbsoen>... > I am using freeBSD 2.1.5. > The harware Pentium 133 PCI and an ide 2Gb HD. > Networkcard 3com 509. > The leased line I have has 2 USrobotics courier modem on each side. > So far so good. > I compiled ppp into the kernel. > So my machine is acting as a mail server to the internet. > Everything works fine exept sometimes the ppp lines hangs. > If it happends, logging in from the console is stil possible. > Logging in from the network has a long responsetime. > Logging in from internet is not possible. > The only thing that helps is a shutdown. > It happends about once a week. > > Has anybody seen this before?? > > Robert Soen > rsoen@congresgebouw.nl >