On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:26:39 PDT Nick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >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?
ICMP ECHO ?
Echo request or echo reply. These packets are the ones sent by ping.
This looks very weird...
Why would your ISP ping you ?
You're not pinging your ISP do you ?
Where are the packets coming from ?
Phil.
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