Schnobs, I'm interested in the post you had to the list with the above subject...I am experiencing the same problem although it happens sporadically. Do you have a sure-fire way of reproducing this? Did you figure out this problem or have any more info?
-Josh >Hello, >I've got a flatrate DSL connection, and a machine configured as gateway. >The gateway is supposed to keep the connection open 24/7, using pppd's >'persist' option. However, the automatic reconnection works only about >twice a week. Usually pppd dies, forcing me to log into the gateway and >restart the link manually. >I tried google, and while I found many questions on the issue, there was >no solution, nor even an explanation why it fails. The manpages on >tcflush and ioctl tell me next to nothing. It would make no difference >to me if they'd be written in chinese. >Could someone, please, shed some light on what is going wrong here? >Here's what I get: > Nov 20 05:26:20 zwerg pppoe[26980]: Session terminated -- received PADT from peer > Nov 20 05:26:23 zwerg pppd[26979]: LCP terminated by peer > Nov 20 05:26:24 zwerg pppd[26979]: ioctl(PPPIOCSASYNCMAP): Inappropriate ioctl for device(25) > Nov 20 05:26:24 zwerg pppd[26979]: tcflush failed: Input/output error > Nov 20 05:26:24 zwerg pppd[26979]: Exit. >cu, >Schnobs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]