[3142] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Dropping PPP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (List Data)
Sat Jun 8 07:00:45 1996
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 22:54:19 +1200 (NZST)
From: List Data <lists@bagel.gen.nz>
To: Kris Karas <ktk@bih.harvard.edu>
cc: Lapsos TDK Death <lapsos@earthlink.net>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <31B846E6.6FDE6FDE@bih.harvard.edu>
> > My iSP won't cut a PPP link at any time but my PPP seems to decide
> > it wants to drop carrier randomly. It averages 90% of the time when idle
> > for more than 5-10 minutes.
> I've noticed the same thing for quite some time. The logs indicate that PPP thinks
> the modem hung up. My ISP checked their logs, and they see the same thing.
> Modems on both ends are error/correcting & auto-retraining, so this shouldn't
> happen. I'm not sure who the guilty party is.
Working for an ISP, I have come across the same problem. It appears (to my
very limited knowledge) that it seems to be an incompatability between
certain types of modems. (In our case, Comets don't like some Dynalink
and Lifestyle modems - apparently those with old firmware and the AT&T
chipset).
Dropping the speed of the modem from 28k8 -> 26k4 probably helps (read
when I have recommended that course of action I have not heard back from
the client)
NOTE : These opinions may not be echo'd by my employer.
(Have to say that)
