please check your logs and see what happens at disconnect time, this should lead your investigations..
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:04:37PM -0400, Japhy Ryder wrote: > Hey there all, > I've been having a lot of problems w/ my ISP 'iglou.com' > disconnecting my L2TP tunnel that connects my DSL line to my ISP. If > this is automatic > because of lack of traffic or tunnel errors I just don't know. More > importantly though it very bothersome for me to come home and find out > my server has been offline. I know that L2TPd has an autoreconnect > feature but I just can't seem to get it configured right. Here's all the > relevant info I can come up with. > > > root-# cat /etc/l2tp/l2tpd.conf > root-# cat /etc/l2tp/l2tp-secrets > # Secrets for authenticating l2tp tunnels > # us them secret > bw01 204.255.233.225 password > root-# cat /etc/ppp/options > user bw01 > defaultroute > asyncmap 0 > mru 1464 > mtu 1464 > noauth > root-# cat /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > bw01 * password > > > > I'm not sure how much of this info any of you might need, but I'd rather > supply too much info than too little. I've edited the password fields > for obvious reasons. > > I currently initiate an L2TP tunnel by using the following commands: > > root-# /usr/local/sbin/l2tpd -D & > root-# echo t 204.255.233.225 > /var/run/l2tp-control > root-# echo c <tid> > /var/run/l2tp-control > > > > This always works fine for initiating a connection, but when my ppp > tunnel is dropped I have to manually issue the preceding commands > again. I know there is a better way to do this, but I can't seem to > figure it out yet. Anyone here who could share an l2tpd.conf file or > offer any advice I would greatly appreciate it. > > Thanks all, > Alan > > -- -> Jean-Francois Dive --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no such thing as randomness. Only order of infinite complexity. - _The Holographic Universe_, Michael Talbot
