Re: ppp connection is terminated after 2 hours

[Sven Bornemann <sven.bornemann@a-city.de>]

Anthony Campbell wrote:

> On 12 Jan 2003, Sven Bornemann wrote:
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> > John Hasler wrote:
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> >    
> >
> > > Sven writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I think somehow I must make the ISP server belief that I just logged on,
> > > > while I'm online for one and a half our or so...
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Or just add the 'persist' option so that pppd dials up again whenever it
> > > gets disconnected.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > But then my Gnutella downloads are interrupted overnight etc...
> > I know that the persist option works perfectly for reconnecting
> > but it does not keep the connection alive.
> >
> > Sven
> >    
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> As far as I know there is no way to do this if it is a "feature" of your
> ISP - it is of mine. I'm prepared to live with it, if it makes it easier
> to connect when I dial up.
>
> AC
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But when I was running Gentoo Linux, I just configured my connection
with pppconfig and it worked perfectly somehow...
and I didn't have to change a thing.
That's why I'm wondering whether
it is just a configuration problem or not.

Sven