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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!newscore.univie.ac.at!news.apfel.de!eerie.fr!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!News1.Ottawa.iSTAR.net!News1.Edmonton.iSTAR.net!News1.Vancouver.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!van-bc!kevin.sunshine.net!kevin_eliuk From: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:34:48 -0700 Organization: Online at Wimsey Lines: 26 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710103152.171B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> References: <33C506A6.B743429B@postoffice.ptd.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pme47.sunshine.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: cagey@kevin.sunshine.net In-Reply-To: <33C506A6.B743429B@postoffice.ptd.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44220 On 10 Jul 1997, Rick Knebel wrote: > Hi, > I am somewhat new to freebsd but am familiar with Linux. > I have been trying to set up my ppp connection to my ISP. > I took the advice of the people on this list and read the handbook pages > on ppp on the free bsd homepage. I actually got pretty far. I can now > connect to my ISP but it disconnects within about 30 seconds. I have > dynamic IP adress assignment and thought I followed the directions > correctly in preparing my files in the etc/ppp directory. > I had to actually make the etc/reslv.conf file before I added the > entries. Was I supposed to do this or is this file not needed. > Anyway if anyone has any suggestions I would much appreciate it as to > where I can start looking for the problem that is causing my dropped > connection. > Thanks Alot Check your timeout in your ppp.conf ie set timeout=N (N=seconds) -- =| Regards, =| FreeBSD ==> http://www.FreeBSD.org =| Kevin G. Eliuk =| "Free at last, free at last, ...." British Columbia *BSD User Directory ==> http://www.cynic.net