Re: Modem dials without reason
Klaus Drews wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Klaus Drews [SMTP:klaus_drews@ngi.de]
> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 10:09 AM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Modem dials without reason
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I configured demand dialing with diald on my machine. Now my modem dials
> > every
> > five minutes without reason. I increased logging but could not find a hint
> > why.
> > Does anyone know how to find the event that wants a connection ?
> >
> > Another question:
> > When I run "route" my modem dials, but the command itself hangs. After a
> > while
> > (the second or third dial) my routing table looks like this:
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> > Iface
> > 194.1.1.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0
> > sl0
> > 194.1.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> > sl0
> > localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> > eth0
> > default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 0
> > sl0
> > default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> > ppp0
> >
> > After that route works fine. The ifconfig output is the following:
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> > RX packets:751 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:751 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > Collisions:0
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:05:DE:DB:4E
> > inet addr:17.10.10.1 Bcast:17.10.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > Collisions:0
> > Interrupt:12 Base address:0xd800
> >
> > sl0 Link encap:Serial Line IP
> > inet addr:192.168.0.1 P-t-P:194.1.1.1 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:3099 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > Collisions:0
> >
> > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> > inet addr:212.184.131.140 P-t-P:193.158.137.77
> > Mask:255.255.255.255
> > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > Collisions:0
> >
> > Maybe these two questions are one.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Klaus.
----------------------REPLY--------------------------
I had the same or a very similar problem about a year ago. I removed
pppupd from my system and the problem disappeared. I have never tried to
reinstall it. I never bothered to try figuring out why it did this as it
was not a problem to operate without it.
Best Wishes!
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