On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 07:30:51PM +0200, Brandon Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Perhaps somebody has a better suggestion than the one I am about to explain: > > If I ping one of my dial-up servers while it is connected, it will keep > the server on line and cost the user money! > [...]
This is expected behaviour - diald will keep the line up for a period after its last outbound packet. Turning the server into "Private Server and Gateway" mode will silently drop ICMP echo packets. Gordon -- Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director, Engineering Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
