netbsd-users: In-kernel pppoe doesn't seem to detect connection loss

Subject: In-kernel pppoe doesn't seem to detect connection loss
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Juha K Kallio <bunnyh@psychedelic.baana.suomi.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/22/2003 10:49:10

Doesn't the in-kernel pppoe use LCP echo to detect dead connections? If the connection dies silently, it just stays 
forever in 'network' state. I guess the 'idle-timeout' setting is not an option, since according to the man page it 
wouldn't reconnect.