Very Computer

by **Rick Knebe** » Fri, 11 Jul 1997 04:00:00

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
Rick Knebel

by **Kevin Eliu** » Fri, 11 Jul 1997 04:00:00

Quote:> 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)

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by **Andras Radi** » Sat, 12 Jul 1997 04:00:00

>> 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)

I'm having a very similar problem, (good connection with a disconnect
30s - 2min later), but I found in the built-in error logging that it
was due to "Too many ECHO packets lost" or some such. I've never had
this problem before (under Linux and DOS/Windows) -- so what does this
error mean? And what can I do to stop it? (Btw, the connection is at
26.4 and mostly error-free).

Andras
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