On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
>
> 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.
Seems like I have seen this happen when the far end is looped back.
This can happen if logged into a shell. If he logs into a shell and
then starts ppp on the remote end, when he tries to quit, it might
be reverting to the shell? Just a thought.
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