On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 06:56:33PM +0200, Elie wrote: > Thanks to all those who replied. I still have no solution though I am going > to try to set the mtu via the iptable rules. One other thing though which I > just don't understand is why I can't ping or telnet to the modem after pppd > dies. It takes several minutes and powering off/on the modem does not help. > Could this be a network card problem? > > -Elie >
Can you post the routing table (/sbin/route -n) 1. Before you got connected to the Internet in the first place. 2. After you got connected and the while the connection works. 3. After pppd has died. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Elie > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:06 PM > To: linux ILUG > Subject: random adsl disconnect > > > I have been running my adsl connection on my linux box for only a few days. > While I had no problems setting up the connection (good work fellows), I am > experiencing some random disconnects. The linux machine is masqing for a > small network. Only a windows XP machine is being masqed at the moment. The > XP machine has the mtu set to 1424 as per recommendations at > http://ny-monitor.dslreports.com/tweak/block%3A217f208?service=dsl&speed=150 > 0&os=winXP&via=normal . I never had problems when connecting directly from > the XP machine. > > I am using RH 8.0. The adsl ethernet modem is connected at eth0. After the > pppd connection dies I can't even ping the modem for several minutes and I > need to bring eth0 down and back up with ifconfig. eth0 is ip 10.200.1.1 and > eth1 is 192.168.1.1 > > Here is the message log for the last disconnect (they all look similar). > > Dec 29 13:09:22 golem pptp[2863]: log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:307]: > Closing PPTP connection > Dec 29 13:09:22 golem pptp[2863]: log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:88]: > Closing connection > Dec 29 13:09:24 golem pppd[2864]: Hangup (SIGHUP) > Dec 29 13:09:24 golem pppd[2864]: Modem hangup > Dec 29 13:09:24 golem pppd[2864]: Connection terminated. > Dec 29 13:09:24 golem pppd[2864]: Connect time 558.1 minutes. > Dec 29 13:09:24 golem pppd[2864]: Sent 1835921 bytes, received 130761923 > bytes. > Dec 29 13:09:25 golem /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not > supported Dec 29 13:09:25 golem pppd[2864]: Exit. > > Two things strike me: > 1)Whenever I have gotten the disconnect I am pretty sure I was using > RealAudio to watch a video stream on the linux box. > 2)Does the mtu of the NICs need to be set to 1452 (or lower) on the linux > box also? > > One other detail about the streaming video: when the XP is connected through > masqing, the same video stream mentioned above comes in too slow to play. > Why is the connection rate dropping to the masqed machine? > > Thanks, > Elie. > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
