Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] connection bounce problem - help

[Leslie H. <les...@ma...>]

Heiko,

Thanks for the reply.

I am using Stable DL 1.2.13  and Shorewall 3.2.7.  I verified this by 
using the "shorewall version" command and "cat /DEVIL-LINUX".

I have START_ADSL=yes in the /etc/sysconfig/config file.  As far as I 
can tell, the green lights on the ADSL modem do not flicker abnormally 
of go out. The line bounce at 479.9 to 480.0 minutes is so dependable 
that I have made it a point to be watching when this happens.

I do have a spare NIC - just in case - which I can swap in.  I haven't 
done that yet because I hadn't thought a hardware problem would produce 
this type of symptom.  Since your reply tends to rule out a software 
issue, I will swap the cards and see what happens.

Thanks again.
--- Les

Heiko Zuerker wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm not aware of anything in DL which could cause this issue.
> Does the ethernet connection itself go down?
> Can you swap the network card to see if it's a simple hardware issue?
> Which version of DL are you using?
>
> Heiko
>
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> Quoting Leslie Hazelton <les...@wo...>:
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>> I am currently using DL-1.2.13,  shorewall and PPP-OE on my firewall.
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>> In the past I would see 10 to 15 days or more without a connection drop.
>> A few months age I started to see a problem where the connection would
>> drop for a few seconds and then re-connect every eight (8) hours.
>>
>> I created a shell script to extract data from the system messages file
>> and calculate the connect time. The result shows that the connect times
>> are consistently 480.0 or 479.9 minutes each time.
>>
>> When I contact my ISP (AT&T DSL) they swear they have nothing to do with
>> the problem and it must be a problem in my firewall/router.  I don't
>> believe them, but I must check.  I have searched the list archives and
>> my local configuration.  I see no reports in the mailing-list and have
>> found nothing in the configuration that should cause this problem.
>>
>> Is there anything in DL or the PPP configuration that could cause this
>> problem.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> ----
>> Les
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