On 7/27/07, Timothy Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a frustrating problem. My internet is highly unstable when > using bit torrent. I don't think there's anything special about my > configuration: my gateway is a craptop with inbuilt Intel ethernet and > a url0 USB ethernet for the modem. The connection is bridged, using pf > (obviously) for routing / firewall and kernel PPPoE for dialing via my > bridged netcomm nb5+. > > Basically, when I try to use bit torrent the connection dies after > about 20mins. The kernel PPPoE daemon doesn't bring it back up. In > fact, even doing > #sh /etc/netstart > doesn't bring it back up. The only way to bring it back up is via a > reboot :( Very frustrating. It also takes about 10-15mins to > reconnect; surely that's a bit too long, even for PPPoE? I know this > isn't a problem with my ISP as I've always been able to download bt > stably when I was using the modem in router mode. I thought it might > have been an MTU problem, but I'm using the mss fix in /etc/pf.conf, > so I don't think it's that. I played around with a few values just to > be sure, but I'm open to suggestions.
> dmesg: > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > pppoe0: received unexpected PADO > url0: usb error on tx: TIMEOUT > pppoe0: LCP keepalive timeout Based on your dmesg, it appears this might be related to url0whether it's the hardware, driver or something associated, I don't know. You might want to try another Ethernet connection. FWIW, I've never been a fan of "USB Ethernet."
