On 97/09/20 at 13:55 PM -0500, Rob MacWilliams wrote:
> Victor Torrico writes:
> > On 97/09/20 at 12:11 PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Victor Torrico writes:
> > > > I used to stay connected rock solid with no disconnections. Now when I
> > > > do a pon I connect with no problem but drop the connection after a few
> > > > seconds.
> > >
> > > Has your isp made any changes lately? Mine recently made an unannounced
> > > change which required me to insert a pause at the start of the login
> > > sequence.
> > >
> > > John Hasler
> >
> > I should have been clearer. I can log on OK but disconnect after 30 to 40
> > seconds. Then pon autoredials.
> >
> > Maybe there is an inactivity timeout window set by the ISP?
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > --
> > Victor Torrico
> >
>
> My ISP has a 30 sec timeout on login so I put a ping in in my ip-up
> script to get things solid before he had a chance to disconnect me :-)
> It looks like this:
>
> <snip>
>
> export PATH
> sleep 1s
> ping -c 2 cl-sys.com
>
> <snip>
> This seems to be enough to get me to the next level of timeouts, 10
> min. I'm having similar problems on several machines and OS's as you
> are, so don't feel alone.
>
> Later
>
> Rob
>
I think that is exactly it because of this message when disconnecting:
Sep 20 15:00:27 rigpa chat[206]: expect (ogin)
Sep 20 15:00:27 rigpa chat[206]: ^M
Sep 20 15:01:06 rigpa chat[206]: ATDT9256211^M^M
Sep 20 15:01:06 rigpa chat[206]: CONNECT 21600/ARQ^M
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: Welcome to CFW Internet!^M
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: ^M
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: ^M
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: login -- got it
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: send (vtorrico^M)
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: expect (word)
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: : vtorrico^M
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: Password -- got it
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa chat[206]: send (??????)
Sep 20 15:01:08 rigpa pppd[190]: Serial connection established.
Sep 20 15:01:09 rigpa pppd[190]: Using interface ppp0
Sep 20 15:01:09 rigpa pppd[190]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Sep 20 15:01:12 rigpa pppd[190]: local IP address 205.219.250.109
Sep 20 15:01:12 rigpa pppd[190]: remote IP address 205.219.250.66
Sep 20 15:01:43 rigpa pppd[190]: LCP terminated at peer's request
Sep 20 15:01:46 rigpa pppd[190]: Connection terminated.
vct#
The LCP terminated ... is about 30 seconds after remote IP ...
I'll incorporate your ping. Thanks for your reply.
--
Victor Torrico
------ Wildflower Hill, Head Waters, Virginia ------
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