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In article <svendsen-2606951842370001@yak-ts1-p17.wolfe.net>,
svendsen@wolfe.net (Mark Svendsen) wrote:

>In article <garges-2606951750240001@garges.ucsc.edu>, garges@cats.ucsc.edu
>(Kenneth Garges ) wrote:
>
>>In Article <3smg6d$650@tst.hk.super.net>, Fritz Hagi <fritzha@hk.super.net>
>> wrote:
>>> >I have a problem with my PB520c with GV Mercury internal modem.  When I
>>start 
>>> >my PB and leave it for a while or when I'm using it, suddenly, Config PPP
>>> starts.  
>>> >Does anybody have this kind of problems? Please help me. 
>>> >
>
>Oh yeah..I thought I was the only one with this problem.  It does it on
>both my desktop machine and my PB520c.  One time I was going to the
>bathroom at 3:00am and I heard my modem dialing...what the hell? :) 
>Almost every morning after my computer dialed it has a "Idle Timeout PPP"
>dialog so it dials, connects then times out.  It's really annoying..kinda
>like it has a mind of it's own.  It doesn't seem to be consistent.  It
>doesn't dial at any specific time, and sometimes it keeps dialing and
>dialing after I say "QUIT" damn it "QUIT" until I just have to restart. 
>That bug would be painful if your ISP charged you by the hour!
>
>                                                Mark
>


Same problem, but on a 7100/66 PowerMac. No explanation.

This problem seems fairly widespread, so has anyone got a real cure?

BTW, make sure you set Config PPP to quiet mode, or it may hang on to a
phone line until you respond to the alert box in the morning -- could be
expensive!

Regards, Malcolm Norris

Regards, Dr Malcolm O Norris