On 7 Nov 2002, Alan L Tyree wrote: > Can someone tell me what these syslog entries mean? They seem to happen > every 30 seconds: > > Nov 7 09:41:13 bigdog pppd[13585]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xaa magic=0x65a625b8] > Nov 7 09:41:13 bigdog pppd[13585]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xaa magic=0xff52ce4a]
It's basically a type of ping message which PPP is sending back and forth regularly to ensure the network link is still performing happily. It means, in real terms, that your logging priorities are set wrong. These are debugging messages, and shouldn't (ordinarily) be showing up in syslog. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
