(1)
The portmaster is set up for users to dial in via PPP. Once in awhile
a user can't get through (and I have seen this happen). Then a few
minutes later the problem seems to clear itself up. Did this happen to
anyone? Also, this may be relevant (or may be a separate question
altogether), but when I look at the syslog I sometime see:
...dialnet: Port Sx ppp_sync failed dest.
What does this mean?
(2)
There was a time when I noticed that RADIUS server wasn't getting
accounting packets indicating that a session had ended. Upon examining
the syslog output again I saw a number of:
...system: restarted
What is "restarting"? Why is it "restarting"? Under what conditions is
it supposed to "restart"? Are all connections dropped during a "restart"?
How is it different from:
...system: rebooting
which I gather happens when I issue a reboot command. Btw, usually I
see "restarting" message immediately after "rebooting" message. This I
suppose is normal and is NOT what I am questioning above where
"restarting" messages appeared WITHOUT the corresponding "rebooting"
messages...
Also sometimes I see in the log:
...error: port S8 spurious interrupts
What does this mean?
Generally, is there a good description of what various messages output
by syslog mean?
Thanks.
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