Hi, I'm running a small x86 based box with a 2.6.28.10 (mostly) vanilla kernel and pppd-2.4.5 to act as my DSL router. Sometimes the DSL link dies and I don't know where to search for the reason. The external modem is connected via a USB-to-Network-Dongle (here interface name 'dsl'). Here the log from such an event 20 minutes ago: [...] Jan 28 16:04:50 star pppd[249]: Modem hangup Jan 28 16:04:50 star pppd[249]: Connect time 397.6 minutes. Jan 28 16:04:50 star pppd[249]: Sent 5558948 bytes, received 40122574 bytes. Jan 28 16:04:50 star pppd[249]: Connection terminated. [...] Jan 28 16:05:21 star pppd[249]: Starting link Jan 28 16:05:21 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:05:21 star pppd[249]: error receiving pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:05:26 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:05:36 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:05:56 star pppd[249]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Jan 28 16:05:56 star pppd[249]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery Jan 28 16:06:30 star pppd[249]: Starting link Jan 28 16:06:30 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:06:30 star pppd[249]: error receiving pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:06:36 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:06:46 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:07:06 star pppd[249]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Jan 28 16:07:06 star pppd[249]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery [...] Jan 28 16:07:37 star pppd[249]: Starting link Jan 28 16:07:37 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down Jan 28 16:07:37 star pppd[249]: error receiving pppoe packet: Network is down [...] Jan 28 16:07:42 star pppd[249]: error sending pppoe packet: Network is down [...] Jan 28 16:08:12 star pppd[249]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Jan 28 16:08:12 star pppd[249]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery Then I stopped the running pppd: [...] Jan 28 16:08:30 star pppd[249]: Terminating on signal 15 Jan 28 16:08:30 star pppd[249]: Exit. And started it again immediately: [...] Jan 28 16:08:35 star pppd[420]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded. Jan 28 16:08:35 star pppd[420]: RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.8p compiled against pppd 2.4.5 Jan 28 16:08:35 star pppd[421]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0 Jan 28 16:08:35 star pppd[421]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 28 16:08:35 star pppd[421]: local IP address 10.64.64.64 Jan 28 16:08:35 star pppd[421]: remote IP address 10.112.112.112 Jan 28 16:08:36 star pppd[421]: Starting link Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: PPP session is 39172 Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: Connected to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx via interface dsl Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: Connect: ppp0 <--> dsl [...] Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: PAP authentication succeeded Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: peer from calling number xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx authorized Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: Local IP address changed to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Jan 28 16:08:37 star pppd[421]: Remote IP address changed to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Since the restart, it works again. No reboot of the machine, I only restared the pppd. What can be broken? pppd or the kernel? Regards, jbe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
