Index: ppp-2.4.3/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/discovery.c =================================================================== --- ppp-2.4.3.orig/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/discovery.c 2007-06-04 13:22:09.414424072 +0200 +++ ppp-2.4.3/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/discovery.c 2007-06-04 13:22:13.567792664 +0200 @@ -593,12 +593,14 @@ 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; } @@ -621,7 +623,9 @@ sendPADR(conn); conn->discoveryState = STATE_SENT_PADR; waitForPADS(conn, timeout); +#if 0 timeout *= 2; +#endif } while (conn->discoveryState == STATE_SENT_PADR); /* We're done. */