Re: pppoeconf problems
On 26 Jul 2004, Hector Scaramelli wrote:
> I have a firewall box running Woddy 3.0r2 that gets its IP address
> dynamically from an adsl modem.
> Two or three times a day it looses the connection to the internet, an
> ifconfig command won't show ppp0, so issuing "pon dsl-provider" usually
> makes it work.
Right. Recent pppd needs to be told several times to just keep trying.
Add these two commands to your /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider file, and see
if that helps:
persist
maxfail 0
Regards,
Daniel
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