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I've recently switched my home server from Slackware to Gentoo, but now on Gentoo eciadsl keeps dropping the connection. This is a typical output from /var/log/messages:
Sucessful stasrt:
Quote:
Aug 24 00:58:31 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0
Aug 24 00:58:31 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 00:58:31 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 00:58:32 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: PAP authentication succeeded
Aug 24 00:58:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: local IP address 82.112.144.119
Aug 24 00:58:36 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: remote IP address 82.112.137.1
Aug 24 00:58:36 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: primary DNS address 212.9.0.135
Aug 24 00:58:36 bratchcpqserver pppd[1730]: secondary DNS address 212.9.0.136
When it fails:
Quote:
Aug 24 06:05:02 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:05:02 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:05:02 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:05:02 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:05:02 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:05:02 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:05:13 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:05:13 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:05:13 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:05:13 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:05:13 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:05:13 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:05:24 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:05:24 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:05:24 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:05:24 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:05:24 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:05:24 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:05:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:05:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:05:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:05:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:05:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:05:35 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:05:45 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:05:45 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:05:45 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:05:45 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:05:45 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:05:45 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:05:56 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:05:56 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:05:56 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:05:56 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:05:56 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:05:56 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:06:07 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:06:07 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:06:07 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:06:07 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:06:07 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:06:07 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:06:17 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:06:17 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:06:17 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:06:17 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:06:17 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:06:17 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:06:28 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:06:28 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:06:28 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:06:28 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:06:28 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:06:28 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:06:39 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:06:39 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:06:39 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:06:39 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:06:39 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 24 06:06:39 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Modem hangup
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connection terminated.
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Connect time 306.6 minutes.
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Sent 45270029 bytes, received 7289243 bytes.
Aug 24 06:06:49 bratchcpqserver pppd[1738]: Exit.
Any ideas would be great, as this is happening every few hours to every few minutes, it seems to be random.
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