--- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/discovery.c 2005-03-22 11:22:32.000000000 +0100 +++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/discovery.c 2009-06-05 19:12:00.000000000 +0200 @@ -607,12 +607,14 @@ discovery(PPPoEConnection *conn) conn->discoveryState = STATE_SENT_PADI; waitForPADO(conn, timeout); +#if 0 /* If we're just probing for access concentrators, don't do exponential backoff. This reduces the time for an unsuccessful probe to 15 seconds. */ if (!conn->printACNames) { timeout *= 2; } +#endif if (conn->printACNames && conn->numPADOs) { break; } @@ -635,7 +637,9 @@ discovery(PPPoEConnection *conn) sendPADR(conn); conn->discoveryState = STATE_SENT_PADR; waitForPADS(conn, timeout); +#if 0 timeout *= 2; +#endif } while (conn->discoveryState == STATE_SENT_PADR); /* We're done. */