Since I use Shrike I get regular disconnects - with Valhalla there was only one reconnect a day. May 11 20:14:09 gateway pppd[29341]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 May 11 20:14:09 gateway pppd[29341]: Using interface ppp0 May 11 20:14:09 gateway pppd[29341]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 May 11 20:14:10 gateway pppoe[29342]: PPP session is 4589 May 11 20:14:10 gateway pppd[29341]: local IP address 217.230.94.102 May 11 20:14:10 gateway pppd[29341]: remote IP address 217.5.98.83 May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppoe[29342]: Inactivity timeout... something wicked happened on session 4589 May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppoe[29342]: Sent PADT May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppd[29341]: Modem hangup May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppd[29341]: Connection terminated. May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppd[29341]: Connect time 0.9 minutes. May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppd[29341]: Sent 30 bytes, received 290 bytes. May 11 20:14:59 gateway pppd[29341]: Exit. May 11 20:14:59 gateway adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection. May 11 20:15:04 gateway pppd[29436]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 May 11 20:15:04 gateway pppd[29436]: Using interface ppp0 May 11 20:15:04 gateway pppd[29436]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 May 11 20:15:05 gateway pppoe[29437]: PPP session is 4663 May 11 20:15:06 gateway pppd[29436]: local IP address 217.230.86.145 May 11 20:15:06 gateway pppd[29436]: remote IP address 217.5.98.83 My ifcfg-ppp looks like: USERCTL=no BOOTPROTO=dialup NAME=DSLppp0 DEVICE=ppp0 TYPE=xDSL ONBOOT=yes PIDFILE=/var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid FIREWALL=NONE PING=. PPPOE_TIMEOUT=20 LCP_FAILURE=3 LCP_INTERVAL=80 CLAMPMSS=1412 CONNECT_POLL=6 CONNECT_TIMEOUT=60 DEFROUTE=yes SYNCHRONOUS=no ETH=eth1 PROVIDER=DSLppp0 USER=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx#0001@xxxxxxxxxxx PEERDNS=no -- Jochen Kaechelin mailto:pippiuser@xxxxxxxx