Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

[Stephen Bosch]

Hey... this sounds like it could be it -- where are the timer settings, and why
wouldn't it be setting the timer?

-Stephen-

Pierre Fortin wrote:

> Looking into the problem (before I saw this thread), it appears the problem is
> due to a timer popping early.  Looking at the log of a successful connection, a
> 10 second timer gets set for initial modem handshaking, then a longer timer (75
> seconds in his case: /etc/ppp/ppp.chatscript) for the actual login...  In the
> failing attempts, the chatscript timer is not getting set, causing the initial
> 10 second timer to pop and kill the connection before it completes.