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Re: PPP problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (linuxsys@ssg.com)
Wed Jun 7 16:32:56 1995
From: linuxsys@ssg.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 17:33:03 GMT
To: "Martin Kraemer" <Martin.Kraemer@mch.sni.de>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux Network Channel)
In-Reply-To: <199506070716.AA02516@deejai.mch.sni.de>
Martin Kraemer writes:
> Bernd Eckenfels wrote,...
> >
> > This may have 2 different causes. Case 1 is more likely. Your modem simply
> > dropped the connection due to line noise.
>
> As I, too, experienced these mysterious hangups (without my pppd noticing!)
> can you please give us a hint which modem parameter to tune? I already have
> &C1 and &D1 (or &D3). Is the "hangup on line noise" settable by increasing
> one of the Sn= values? Which one would you increase?
>
I'm getting hammered by disconnects, too, even with pppd2.1.2d. They
increased when I went to 1.2.9 and decrease when I go back to 1.2.3.
I'm going to start tinkering with debugging shortly but thought I'd
add my comments to this note. FWIW, I'm using a USR 28.8 modem which
handles extended uucp sessions (to another host) without difficulty.
Rick
