You posted your message to too many groups, and not linux-ppp which would
have been a bullseye. Recipient list trimmed...
> I have a connection to the internet via a 56k modem. When I use my Windows
> 95 machine I can stay connected for over 1 day without any activity. One of
> my ISP's does not drop the connection at all. The problem is that Linux
> seems to be dropping the connection after a mere 15 minutes. I have read
> some of the HOWTO's and they also confirm that the system drops carrier
> after a specify time. Where and how do I change this.
The modems at either end could be set to drop carrier after 15 mins
inactivity.
Try using lcp-echo requests to keep up some activity after set periods of
inactivity...
(From my /etc/ppp/options file...)
# Send LCP echo-requests to the peer during periods of inactivity (10 minutes)
lcp-echo-interval 600
# Assume a dead connection and terminate if 2 echo-requests don't get replies
lcp-echo-failure 3
Cheers
Tony
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Tony Nugent <Tony.Nugent@usq.edu.au> <linux@usq.edu.au>
Computer Support Officer Faculty of Science
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Oueensland Australia
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