[Hoary] ADSL connection stops working after 2.5 hours of uptime

ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY zamb at saudi.net.sa
Wed May 18 00:28:18 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 23:48 +0300, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My brother just mailed me about the problem he has had since I upgraded
> his system to Hoary. His Internet connection always goes down after
> about 2.5 hours (this varies a bit) and to get back online my brother
> has to reboot he's PC. He is connected to Internet through an ethernet
> card and an external ADSL device. He just tested the connection with
> Windows XP and it stayed on for 22 hours until he shut down the machine.
> A week ago the problem disappeared for a couple of days seemingly
> without a reason.
> 
> It would be great to get some advice on how to track down the problem
> behind this behaviour. I'm not sitting at my brothers machine now, so I
> may have to give him instructions over the phone. Because of this I may
> not be able to answer back here immediately. If the possible solution
> includes using the command line, I will have the unpleasant task to talk
> my brother over to use the terminal for the first time in his life (and
> I know he is not going to like it :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ari Torhamo
> 
> 
Hi.  Check “/etc/ppp/options” and make sure that the option “idle” is
not set.  To unset it either remove the line (not recommended) or put a
hash sign “#” at the start of the line like this:
        #idle 600

Ziyad.




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