Re: DSL (pppoe) connection drops and never reconnects

Tim Nelson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
----- "mtnbkr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone. Happy Holidays!
> 
> 
> I have been experiencing some recent intermittent issues at at least
> one of my
> client's sites where the DSL (PPPoE) connection is dropped, and all
> attempts
> to re-establish the connection by m0n0wall fail until the DSL modem
> and the
> m0n0wall are rebooted.

Ensure you have 'Dial on Demand mode' *UN*checked. Also, try setting your idle timeout to '0' or just leave it blank.

Tim Nelson
Systems/Network Support
Rockbochs Inc.
(218)727-4332 x105
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