Hmm, food for thought. Maybe a cron to restart pppd at 2:00am daily or one to make sure it's running every n minutes and start it if not.
Many thanks - this at least gives me some place to start looking. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > Mike Rambo wrote: > > I have a machine set up at to facilitate sharing of a dial > > up connection for my home network. I am finding that pppd > > will suddenly die completely or sometimes just become > > unresponsive requiring a restart. The box is an older one > > still running mdk7.1 (yeah I know it's older but then so is > > the box). I don't see anything in the logs to indicate any > > problems. Are there any experts out there that can comment > > on why this might be happening? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Mike, > > I've noticed this also as I have my Mandrake box setup the same way. > I've been told it's akin to the TCP stack filling up in a way. I'm not > sure I understand this yet, but I've also heard that the firewall can > get clogged up. seems rather bazarre to me. I've found that this occurs > the most with my machine after it's been up more than three days and > like yours requires an interface restart. > > I've been thinking about shortening the interval between crond ppp0 > restarts to ensure a free flowing connection. > > -- > Mark > > "I suppose I should have a pithy saying here..." > "The brain reports all neurons busy processing sub-routines > are currently occupied. Retry your query in five minutes." > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
