ADSL connection woes

[Mark]

I had a problem like this but found out it was the dsl modem losing sync.
After much frustration the cure turned out to be plug the modem into a 
ups, line spikes were causing it to lose sync. 

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 12:01:49AM +1000, Anthony Carmody wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i have an interesting problem i would like some insight into. i have a 
> freeBSD server acting as a proxy firewall for an ADSL connection into my 
> office. PPP is set in ddial mode, but every so often the link goes down and 
> a simple invocation of the ppp dialer script doesn't seem to help.
> 
> here is an except of the log file when it's having problems:
> 
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: carrier -> hangup
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connect time: 6 secs: 
> 0 octets in, 0 octets out
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: 167523 packets in, 
> 128206 packets out
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase:  total 0 bytes/sec, peak 0 
> bytes/sec on Thu Jul 15 08:31:37 2004
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: hangup -> opening
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Enter pause (0) for 
> redialing.
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Redial timer expired.
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected!
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
> Jul 15 08:31:43 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial -> carrier
> Jul 15 08:31:48 jenna ppp[236]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
> 
> the modem i use is a billion 5100M.
> 
> here is the ppp.conf:
> 
> default:
> set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command
> set device PPPoE:rl1:pacific
> set speed sync
> set mru 1492
> set mtu 1492
> set ctsrts off
> enable lqr
> add! default HISADDR
> set timeout 0
> set redial 0 0
> 
> pacific:
>  set authname *******@***.*******.net.au
>  set authkey *******
> 
> 
> /ajc
> /carmoda[remove]@gmail.com
> 
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