Hi... Well, this seems to be the time for PPP problems, so here's my contribution. :-)
I got around to installing diald and using Debian's pon/poff for the last 2 weeks. It very well with one exception. It won't drop the link. It appears that either Debian or my provider is expecting me to be running routed. I shouldn't be. I just have a simple dialup PPP connection. routed is not running. A sample tcpdump of the link looks like this: (216.44.69.108 == my local IP 216.44.69.3 == remote IP) 16:21:57.722813 216.44.69.3.route > 216.44.69.108.route: rip-resp 5: {216.44.69.0/255.255.255.0}(1)[|rip] [ttl 1] 16:21:57.722813 216.44.69.108 > 216.44.69.3: icmp: 216.44.69.108 udp port route unreachable [tos 0xc0] 16:22:05.752813 216.44.69.3.route > 216.44.69.108.route: rip-resp 11: {216.44.69.26/255.255.255.255}(16)[|rip] [ttl 1] 16:22:05.752813 216.44.69.108 > 216.44.69.3: icmp: 216.44.69.108 udp port route unreachable [tos 0xc0] 16:22:12.882813 216.44.69.3.route > 216.44.69.108.route: rip-resp 25: {216.44.69.0/255.255.255.0}(1)[|rip] [ttl 1] 16:22:12.882813 216.44.69.108 > 216.44.69.3: (frag 127:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [tos 0xc0] 16:22:12.882813 216.44.69.108 > 216.44.69.3: icmp: 216.44.69.108 udp port route unreachable (frag 127:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [tos 0xc0] 16:22:13.252813 216.44.69.3.route > 216.44.69.108.route: rip-resp 25: {216.44.69.29/255.255.255.255}(1)[|rip] [ttl 1] Can anyone tell me what is causing this and how to stop it, if it should be stopped, or how to get diald to ignore it? (System info: Debian potato, 2.2.9 kernel) TIA ... bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\ /) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linux! Because there is (/ 60,000 head of livestock \) no place like $HOME. "CIA terrorist NSA bomb spy KGB drugs nuclear agent war GCHQ... Hi Echelon!"