Re: PPP drops connection persistently

["ISC. Gerardo Santana Gomez Garrido" <santana@openbsd.org.mx>]

Take a look at /var/log/ppp.log
It can give you/us a clue

Darren Wyn Rees wrote:
> 
> I'm experiencing a lot of difficulties with an OpenBSD (2.7) box
> and ppp connections to an(y) ISP.  I can't quite pinpoint the
> problem.  Essentially, the ppp connection to ISP drops/dies.
> I type 'ppp -auto <isp label>' and make a connection, it drops,
> it tries to re-establish a connection, it last a few minutes
> and then it drops.
> 
> To make matters worse the problem has arisen the same time
> as another problem downloading news articles with (Yetman's)
> suck package.  Suck would kill the ppp connection.  It
> transpired there was a news article with an "ATH" etc
> modem string embedded in a Message-ID.
> 
> I reboot the box, and ppp establishes a connection OK and it lasts.
> I download a few news articles, and then it's gone.  So, it's
> not quite clear if it's a suck/ppp problem, but maybe a general
> news/ppp problem, or maybe even nothing remotely related to ppp.
> 
> Never seen anything like this before.  Ideas on a postcard pls.
> 
> --
> Darren

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