G'day all... I'm still having some PPP woes. PPP doesn't always reconnect properly upon reboot - which then causes squid to fall-over - and sometimes PPP falls over by itself and doesn't manage to reconnect. If it was just for me, it'd be ok, as I can fix it - but its for an organisation I volunteer for, so it causes drama when I'm not around and they can't access the internet. I need to create a solution so that it automagically corrects itself, or the fault is prevented from happening. At this stage I'm not sure where the fault lies. (Eg. The line itself, SwiftDSL or our server.)
I tried putting "MAXFAIL=0" into the options file for the device which someone else suggested. (Sorry, can't remember who, but thanks for their help.) Unfortunately this has only helped marginally, and the problem persists. Attached is a cut down version of the /var/log/messages file from the machine. (IP addresses have been blanked out.) I've tried to diagnose the fault myself, but I'm not really that au-feaux (sp????) with PPP - I'd really appreciate a hand on this one. Many thanks and all the best. Mike Kraus -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
Nov 17 12:25:48 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: failed Nov 17 12:25:58 rosebud pppd[2177]: Connection terminated. Nov 17 12:25:58 rosebud pppd[2177]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 17 12:26:02 rosebud pppd[2177]: Exit. Nov 17 12:26:02 rosebud pppoe[2178]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets Nov 17 12:35:01 rosebud pppd[2918]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 17 12:35:01 rosebud pppd[2918]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 17 12:35:01 rosebud pppd[2918]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 17 12:35:02 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Nov 17 12:35:02 rosebud pppoe[2919]: PPP session is 6178 Nov 17 12:35:05 rosebud pppd[2918]: local IP address ***.***.***.* Nov 17 12:35:05 rosebud pppd[2918]: primary DNS address ***.**.**.** Nov 17 12:35:05 rosebud pppd[2918]: remote IP address ***.***.**.*** Nov 17 12:35:05 rosebud pppd[2918]: secondary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 16:58:43 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing adsl-connect Nov 18 16:58:43 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing pppd Nov 18 16:58:43 rosebud pppd[2918]: Terminating on signal 15. Nov 18 16:58:44 rosebud pppd[2918]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 16:58:44 rosebud pppd[2918]: Connect time 1703.7 minutes. Nov 18 16:58:44 rosebud pppd[2918]: Sent 2052513 bytes, received 28330500 bytes. Nov 18 16:58:44 rosebud pppoe[2919]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Session 6178: Input/output error Nov 18 16:58:44 rosebud pppoe[2919]: Sent PADT Nov 18 16:58:45 rosebud pppd[2918]: Exit. Nov 18 16:59:06 rosebud pppd[4481]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 16:59:06 rosebud pppd[4481]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 16:59:06 rosebud pppd[4481]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 16:59:07 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Nov 18 16:59:07 rosebud pppoe[4482]: PPP session is 6631 Nov 18 16:59:10 rosebud pppd[4481]: local IP address ***.***.***.* Nov 18 16:59:10 rosebud pppd[4481]: primary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 16:59:10 rosebud pppd[4481]: remote IP address ***.***.**.*** Nov 18 16:59:10 rosebud pppd[4481]: secondary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection. Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing adsl-connect Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing pppd Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppd[4481]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppd[4481]: Connect time 6.9 minutes. Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppd[4481]: Exit. Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppd[4481]: Sent 462 bytes, received 378 bytes. Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppd[4481]: Terminating on signal 15. Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppoe[4482]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Session 6631: Input/output error Nov 18 17:05:56 rosebud pppoe[4482]: Sent PADT Nov 18 17:06:04 rosebud pppd[4788]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:06:05 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Nov 18 17:06:05 rosebud pppd[4788]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:06:05 rosebud pppd[4788]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:06:05 rosebud pppoe[4789]: PPP session is 6639 Nov 18 17:06:08 rosebud pppd[4788]: local IP address ***.***.***.* Nov 18 17:06:08 rosebud pppd[4788]: primary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:06:08 rosebud pppd[4788]: remote IP address ***.***.**.*** Nov 18 17:06:08 rosebud pppd[4788]: secondary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing adsl-connect Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing pppd Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud network: Shutting down interface ppp0: succeeded Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppd[4788]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppd[4788]: Connect time 2.8 minutes. Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppd[4788]: Exit. Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppd[4788]: Sent 114 bytes, received 114 bytes. Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppd[4788]: Terminating on signal 15. Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppoe[4789]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Session 6639: Input/output error Nov 18 17:08:48 rosebud pppoe[4789]: Sent PADT Nov 18 17:09:18 rosebud pppd[5496]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:09:18 rosebud pppd[5496]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:09:18 rosebud pppd[5496]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:09:24 rosebud pppoe[5497]: PPP session is 6650 Nov 18 17:09:27 rosebud pppd[5496]: local IP address ***.***.***.* Nov 18 17:09:27 rosebud pppd[5496]: primary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:09:27 rosebud pppd[5496]: remote IP address ***.***.**.*** Nov 18 17:09:27 rosebud pppd[5496]: secondary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:09:30 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: succeeded Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing adsl-connect Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing pppd Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppd[5496]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppd[5496]: Connect time 0.5 minutes. Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppd[5496]: Exit. Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppd[5496]: Sent 54 bytes, received 54 bytes. Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppd[5496]: Terminating on signal 15. Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppoe[5497]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Session 6650: Input/output error Nov 18 17:09:43 rosebud pppoe[5497]: Sent PADT Nov 18 17:09:56 rosebud pppd[5908]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:09:56 rosebud pppd[5908]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:09:56 rosebud pppd[5908]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:09:56 rosebud pppoe[5909]: PPP session is 6655 Nov 18 17:10:00 rosebud pppd[5908]: local IP address ***.***.***.* Nov 18 17:10:00 rosebud pppd[5908]: primary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:10:00 rosebud pppd[5908]: remote IP address ***.***.**.*** Nov 18 17:10:00 rosebud pppd[5908]: secondary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:10:02 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: succeeded Nov 18 17:10:04 rosebud pppoe[5909]: recv (receivePacket): Network is down Nov 18 17:10:04 rosebud pppoe[5909]: recv (receivePacket): Network is down Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing adsl-connect Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud adsl-stop: Killing pppd Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud network: Shutting down interface ppp0: succeeded Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppd[5908]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppd[5908]: Connect time 0.2 minutes. Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppd[5908]: Exit. Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppd[5908]: Modem hangup Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppd[5908]: Sent 54 bytes, received 54 bytes. Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppd[5908]: Terminating on signal 15. Nov 18 17:10:05 rosebud pppoe[5909]: send (sendPacket): Network is down Nov 18 17:10:27 rosebud pppd[6478]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:10:27 rosebud pppd[6478]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:10:27 rosebud pppd[6478]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:10:58 rosebud pppd[6478]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:10:58 rosebud pppd[6478]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 18 17:11:07 rosebud adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection. Nov 18 17:11:07 rosebud pppd[6478]: Exit. Nov 18 17:11:07 rosebud pppoe[6479]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets Nov 18 17:11:12 rosebud pppd[6580]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:11:12 rosebud pppd[6580]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:11:12 rosebud pppd[6580]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:11:35 rosebud ifup: /sbin/adsl-start: line 215: 6456 Terminated $CONNECT "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 Nov 18 17:11:35 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: failed Nov 18 17:11:43 rosebud pppd[6580]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:11:43 rosebud pppd[6580]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 18 17:11:47 rosebud pppd[6580]: Exit. Nov 18 17:11:47 rosebud pppoe[6581]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets Nov 18 17:11:58 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Nov 18 17:11:58 rosebud pppd[6714]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:11:58 rosebud pppd[6714]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:11:58 rosebud pppd[6714]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:12:29 rosebud pppd[6714]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:12:29 rosebud pppd[6714]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 18 17:12:33 rosebud adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection. Nov 18 17:12:33 rosebud pppd[6714]: Exit. Nov 18 17:12:33 rosebud pppoe[6715]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets Nov 18 17:12:38 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Nov 18 17:12:38 rosebud pppd[6820]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:12:38 rosebud pppd[6820]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:12:38 rosebud pppd[6820]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:13:06 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp1 is already up Nov 18 17:13:06 rosebud pppd[6931]: Connect: ppp1 <--> /dev/pts/2 Nov 18 17:13:06 rosebud pppd[6931]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:13:06 rosebud pppd[6931]: Using interface ppp1 Nov 18 17:13:09 rosebud pppd[6820]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:13:09 rosebud pppd[6820]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 18 17:13:13 rosebud pppd[6820]: Exit. Nov 18 17:13:13 rosebud pppoe[6821]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets Nov 18 17:13:23 rosebud /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Nov 18 17:13:23 rosebud pppd[7052]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Nov 18 17:13:23 rosebud pppd[7052]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Nov 18 17:13:23 rosebud pppd[7052]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 18 17:13:23 rosebud pppoe[7053]: PPP session is 6665 Nov 18 17:13:26 rosebud pppd[7052]: local IP address ***.***.***.* Nov 18 17:13:26 rosebud pppd[7052]: primary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:13:26 rosebud pppd[7052]: remote IP address ***.***.**.*** Nov 18 17:13:26 rosebud pppd[7052]: secondary DNS address ***.***.**.** Nov 18 17:13:37 rosebud pppd[6931]: Connection terminated. Nov 18 17:13:37 rosebud pppd[6931]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 18 17:13:43 rosebud pppd[6931]: Exit. Nov 18 17:13:43 rosebud pppoe[6932]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Nov 19 14:47:26 rosebud shutdown: shutting down for system reboot Nov 19 14:50:42 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: failed Nov 19 14:50:47 rosebud pppd[2090]: Connection terminated. Nov 19 14:50:47 rosebud pppd[2090]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 19 14:50:51 rosebud pppd[2090]: Exit. Nov 19 14:50:51 rosebud pppoe[2091]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Nov 19 14:56:09 rosebud shutdown: shutting down for system reboot Nov 19 14:58:07 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: succeeded Nov 19 15:00:57 rosebud shutdown: shutting down for system reboot Nov 19 15:04:16 rosebud network: Bringing up interface ppp0: failed Nov 19 15:04:25 rosebud pppd[2151]: Connection terminated. Nov 19 15:04:25 rosebud pppd[2151]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Nov 19 15:04:34 rosebud pppd[2151]: Exit. Nov 19 15:04:34 rosebud pppoe[2152]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets
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