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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!
: 

I've never experienced this problem, but can recommend something to try.

There's an application called MacPPP Timer, which, in addition to
performing a useful service (keeping track of how long you're logged on),
seems to perform an even "harder" close than the ConfigPPP "Hard Close"
button.

I'm at a loss to explain why this should be, but I had certain daemons
that would re-dial even after I did a hard close. Since I started using
MacPPP Timer,  I've had no more problems. 

I'm not sure where it's available (I think I got it from a user group) but
it's definitely worth looking for.

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