On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Alessandro Ambrosini wrote:
>
> I've setup correctly PPPD 2.3.5 and kernel 2.0.35 (with 2.3.5 driver)
> on my PC using Debian 2.0 .
>
> All works fine but "idle" option not.
Congratulations on your success!
> My Internet provider send to me every 10 seconds a "LCP EchoRep" and my
> PPPD correctly answer. On my side I've disabled this feature using the
> option "lcp-echo-interval 0" in my options file so I never send a "LCP
> EchoRep" packet, only answer to the packet received.
>
> Seems that "idle" counts the "LCP EchoRep" packet received (and send)
> for the link activity and so the link never drop for "inactivity" (using
> for example an "idle 180" option).I've made many tests with other
> provider that NOT send to me "LCP EchoRep" and idle is ok.
>
> Can I avoid this ? Can I mask "LCP EchoRep" received (e/o send) for
> "idle" option ?
This is expected behavior. As you state, you've turned off LCP echoes
sent from your end, but that does not stop the ISP from sending them. The
'idle' option considers the ISP's echoes as legitimate packets, so does
not bring the line down.
Check the pppd man page under 'active filter'. If this option was
available under Linux (right now, it's only available under NetBSD), you
could filter out the echoes. Unless you want to modify the source and
figure out what's needed to make this option work under Linux, you will
have to ask your ISP to disable the LCP echoes.
Good luck!
Geof
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