> when using diald my windows95 boxes are dropping tcp connections after a few > k are xferred, though connections originating from the linux box work > reliably. (typical scenerio :-) I had this problem too, only with a Linux box on the local net. Basically, the problem was that the masquerading timeouts were set way too low -- when the masquerading entry timed out and was removed, the connection died as well. BUT if you set the timeouts too high, then you have trouble with masqueraded connections bringing up the ppp link. My solution was to set the timeouts very low initially (ipfwadm -M -s 1 1 1) and then in the ip-up script set them to more reasonable values (ipfwadm -M -s 600 300 600). In the ip-down script, reset them to the initial values. This way the external boxes can easily bring up the net without hanging, and the connections established when the net is up don't die prematurely. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.. . -. -.... --.. --. -. -.... --.. --. .-.-. -.- Ed Williams, N6ZG | Computer Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | WWW: http://home.att.net/~emwilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ======================================================================= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
