> >On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 02:37:02 PDT Nick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> How do I get diald to hang up after a period of idle connection? I've >> had no trouble getting it to dial on demand, but then it just stays >> connected, even when I leave the connection idle for long periods. >> >> Would pppd's lcp-echo thing cause it to think the link was active? > >No, diald doesn't see the LCP packets, they're filtered out by pppd. >There must be some packets going in or out to maintain the link active. Enable >the debu >gging in diald ('debug 255') and see what packets are going through. >I'm thinking of rwhod for example. >Then add an ignore rule to your filter.
There are ICMP echos from my ISP - I guess thats what keeping it alive - how exactly would I filter those? NIck -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .