[4145] in linux-net channel archive
Re: USR-Courier
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Pawlikaniec)
Thu Aug 22 12:15:56 1996
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 11:07:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thomas Pawlikaniec <neutrino@ee.mcgill.ca>
To: Curtis Hays <hays@satcom.whit.org>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9608220700.A1931-0100000@satcom.whit.org>
On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Curtis Hays wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have 8 USR Courier V.everything modems hooked up to my Linux box. Slip/PPP
> works, but sometimes, the modems hang after someone drops. I have a
> uugetty handling the process. Previously we had AT&T 14.4 modems and this
> never happened. Went to USR-Courier and now there is a problem. The
> biggest problem is the TX and RX lights stay on, and the only way to
> clear them is to kill the process... The problem is intermittent, so I
^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you
mean it happens on some of the lines and then, only sometimes, please
check the wiring. I had this problem (similar configuration) about a year
ago, and could not figure out that only one cable was faulty because I was
always switching modems/cables around. The problem (bad contact on the DCD
line) would occur after 4-5 connection/disconnection cycles on the faulty
line.
Since you changed your modems, inspect the serial ports on them very
carefully, I could see the problem on my faulty one, as compared to the
others: it was just not solid, moving slightly...
> don't know if PPP isn't cleaning up after the user hangs up, or if DIP,
> our slip server, isn't cleaning up. Or is it just an intermittent problem.
> Any Ideas?
Hope this helps you to avoid a month of problems I had... :-)
>
> Thank in advance
> Curtis Hays
> hays@oldcolo.com
Thomas Pawlikaniec
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