Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Networking : I can't make ppp work. What am I doing wrong ? : My connection drops under heavy load
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10.7.5. My connection drops under heavy load

If you have Link Quality Reporting (LQR) configured, it is possible that too many LQR packets are lost between your machine and the peer. Ppp deduces that the line must therefore be bad, and disconnects. Prior to FreeBSD version 2.2.5, LQR was enabled by default. It is now disabled by default. LQR can be disabled with the line

          disable lqr

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