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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!newshub.tc.umn.edu!newsstand.tc.umn.edu!mercury.mikknet!chris From: chris@mercury.mikknet (Christopher L. Mikkelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP connection keeps hanging up Date: 27 Apr 1997 23:16:41 GMT Organization: University of Minnesota Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5k0mop$cgv@epx.cis.umn.edu> References: <3363E93E.17F0@socs.uts.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: pub-16-a-2.dialup.umn.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39849 >I'm trying to start a dialup PPP session to my ISP under 2.2.1 but it >only ever lasts about 5 mins at most. > Have you connected to this ISP before without trouble? Some ISPs can have flaky connections (or you might hav a flaky phone line), which gives this sort of behavior. If your problem is "inside the box," I don't see what would cause it. -Chris