Dial-up Time out

[Steven Elling]

On Friday 27 December 2002 20:09, Doug Bronson wrote:
> Hello all.
> I'm new to this group but not so new to Linux.
> I have a problem with my dial up connection that I'm sure is Earthlinks
> (my isp) problem, but I can't seem to get them to understand.
>
> A bit of history:
> I have a Linux box acting as a proxy server using Caldera's "eDesktop
> 2.4" running squid 2.2.. The dial up is controlled using pppd, firewall
> is ipchains.
> Pppd is set up to dial out on request and to shut down after 30 to 300
> sec's of inactivity.

I take it you set the 'idle' option... correct?  How is pppd being run?  Is 
it being run as 'pppd call [name]'?

>From the pppd man page:

idle n ... ... Note: it is not advisable to use this option with the persist 
option without the demand option.