The Internet connection for the OSTC seems very unreliable. It has gone down 110 times in the last 3 days and has a maximum uptime of 3h:37m.
I am using IPCop v1.20 and I have a Alcatel SpeedTouch Home ADSL Modem. I am trying to figure out if my problem is with my IPCop configuration or if my DSL line is a bit flakey. I followed the setup instructions on the IPCop web site to get this far, but maybe there is some NZ specific changes I need to make? Here is an excerpt from /var/log/messages: Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: No response to 3 echo-requests Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: Connection terminated. Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: Connect time 3.8 minutes. Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: Sent 2563 bytes, received 2596 bytes. Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pptp[3071]: log[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:142]: short read (4294967295): Input/output error Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pptp[3073]: log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:245]: Closing connection Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pptp[3073]: log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:307]: Closing PPTP connection Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: Using interface ppp0 Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall snort: pcap_loop: recvfrom: Network is down Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall snort: Snort received signal 3, exiting Feb 4 14:24:38 firewall pppd[227]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp1 Feb 4 14:24:39 firewall ipcop: PPP has gone down on ppp0 Feb 4 14:24:39 firewall dnsmasq[3129]: started, version 1.10 cachesize 150 Feb 4 14:24:39 firewall dnsmasq[3129]: reading /etc/hosts Feb 4 14:24:39 firewall dnsmasq[3129]: reading /etc/resolv.conf Feb 4 14:24:39 firewall dnsmasq[3129]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface Feb 4 14:24:39 firewall dnsmasq[3129]: reading /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases Feb 4 14:24:40 firewall pptp[3073]: log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:88]: Closing connection Feb 4 14:24:40 firewall pptp[3135]: log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:580]: Client connection established. Feb 4 14:24:41 firewall pptp[3135]: log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:707]: Outgoing call established (call ID 0, peer's call ID 0). Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall pppd[227]: local IP address 202.0.63.174 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall pppd[227]: remote IP address 202.0.63.254 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall pppd[227]: primary DNS address 203.96.152.4 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall pppd[227]: secondary DNS address 203.96.152.12 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall ipcop: PPP has gone up on ppp0 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall dnsmasq[3143]: started, version 1.10 cachesize 150 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall dnsmasq[3143]: reading /etc/hosts Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall dnsmasq[3143]: reading /etc/ppp/resolv.conf Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall dnsmasq[3143]: using nameserver 203.96.152.12 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall dnsmasq[3143]: using nameserver 203.96.152.4 Feb 4 14:24:43 firewall dnsmasq[3143]: reading /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases Feb 4 14:24:44 firewall ipsec_setup: (/etc/ipsec.conf, line 1) cannot open configuration file "/etc/ipsec.conf" -- `restart' aborted Feb 4 14:24:56 firewall ipcop: Dynamic DNS ip-update: your IP is already up-to-date Feb 4 14:24:56 firewall kernel: device ppp0 entered promiscuous mode Feb 4 14:24:56 firewall snort: Initializing daemon mode Feb 4 14:24:56 firewall snort: PID stat checked out ok, PID set to /var/run/ Feb 4 14:24:56 firewall snort: Writing PID file to "/var/run/" Feb 4 14:24:56 firewall snort: There's no second layer header available for this datalink Feb 4 14:24:59 firewall snort: Snort initialization completed successfully, Snort running Any help greatly appreciated. Later David Kirk
