Seems I didn't tell the truth about my logs! I found the following. What is the hotplugin/net.agent? I looked at it and it looks like a script. Is this what you were referring to restarting? (rp-pppoe) Jun 27 02:47:54 bonsai adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection. Jun 27 02:47:54 bonsai /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not supported Jun 27 02:47:59 bonsai pppd[4601]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jun 27 02:47:59 bonsai pppd[4601]: Using interface ppp0 Jun 27 02:47:59 bonsai pppd[4601]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Jun 27 02:47:59 bonsai /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Jun 27 02:48:00 bonsai pppoe[4602]: PPP session is 1664 Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai pppd[4601]: LCP terminated by peer Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai pppoe[4602]: Session 1664 terminated -- received PADT from peer Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai pppoe[4602]: Sent PADT Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai pppd[4601]: Modem hangup Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai pppd[4601]: Connection terminated. Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not supported Jun 27 02:48:03 bonsai pppd[4601]: Exit. > > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:51:21 -0500 (EST) > From: Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Internet Connection Appears Dead > Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This morning, my internet DSL connection appeared > > dead. I restarted the network and anything else > that > > would use any part of the network including dhcp. > > That didn't help. I checked the logs, found > nothing > > wrong. I finally rebooted and that fixed the > problem. > > > > Is there something else I should have done instead > of > > rebooted? > > Just want to learn for the next time. > > The first thing that comes to mind is that your ISP > probably requires > PPPoE authentication, and that the PPPoE daemon went > down. You probably > just needed to restart the PPPoE dialer (probably > rp-pppoe or some such) > > > -- Mike Burger __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com