Very Computer

I've had ppp working in -auto -alias mode for quite some time, but
lately I've been getting error messages like the following when
something I do on the Unix box causes a reconnect to the net.

RTM_LOSING: Kernel Suspects Partitioning: len 124, pid: 0, seq 0, errno 0, flags:<UP,GATEWAY,HOST,DONE,WASCLONED>
locks:  inits:
sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY>
 <machine-name-I'm-trying-to-reach> <ISP's-dynamic-name-for-my-computer>

It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, the access to the
outside world is blocked up, and I must either:

a) Telnet to the control port of my local machine, then do:
close
delete! all
dial

though the dial will sometimes get done for me, and if it starts
before the delete! all is finished, then I must follow plan b) below.

b) Find the ppp process number and send it a kill, and then restart
it.

Is there some more elegant way of coping, preferably one that doesn't
require manual intervention?

Getting the ISP to do the right thing is not the easiest -- they're in
the middle of a take-over, and I understand that all of tech support
have just been told that they'll need to re-apply for their jobs with
the new owners (which move I'm sorry to say I quite understand, and
have to support).  At any rate, they don't support anything but Mac
and windows -- the typical reaction that I get when I call up and tell
them I can connect with FreeBSD (or even NT) is utter amazement.

But so long as one understands the kind of thing that the
behind-the-sce4nes techies might have been trying to dow when they
made this change, it should be easy to come up with a workaround for
it.  That's the sort of elpe I'm seeking.