[13647] in Athena Bugs
Problems with tether...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Rowell )
Mon Jul 10 21:22:54 1995
To: dosdev@MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU, elder@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 21:21:57
From: drowell@MIT.EDU (Derek Rowell )
Almost two weeks ago I called the network help desk concerning my problems
with tether - I was given the log number 13449. Carol Elder called me back
a day or so later and I explained my problems to her. She asked me to make
an MSD report and e-mail it to her, I had problems (machine generated an
INSUFFICIENT MEMORY message and did not generate the complete report). I
e-mailed her the incomplete report and a copy of my config.sys and
autoexec.bat, and despite another phone call I have not had one concrete
suggestion on actions to take. I need tether working, and it has only been
a source of constant frustration since I subscribed.
I summarize again my problems:
1) My machine (DX4-100 laptop with 12 Mbyte, Megahertz XJ1144 PCMCIA
modem, D-Link DE-650 PCMCIA ethernet) has worked fine on LANWP for a long
time (except for a glitch exiting TechMail under Norton Desktop which I
have discussed with Paul Hill).
2) With the modem connection the machine is VERY flaky, and crashes to a
reboot often, especially on exiting from many network applications (Dialer,
Techmail, Netscape etc), but also randomly. It is basically unusable.
3) RapidFiler (which I really need) has strange behavior when transferring
files in under tether (fine on ethernet). It is OK for small files (up to
about 20k) but then it slows down with large gaps of inactivity, and
finally the gaps get to be infinite and the machine just sits there. I
tried all weekend to get a 70k file - never got past 50-60k!! The modem is
still connected.
4) I have tried other modems - same problem; and other telephone lines on
and off campus - same problem.
5) I have set the PCMCIA modem to COM3 with IRQ 9 as per directions in the
laptop manual (and PCMCIA instructions). I modified the net.cfg
accordingly. Everything seems to check out - I have no other flakiness on
the machine. The modem works fine with other communications/fax software
such as ProComm for Windows.
I am using WFW with Norton Desktop, QEMM 7.5, 4DOS 5.5, CardSoft PCMCIA
support, no advanced power management (APM). I have tried disabling all
power management.
I repeat that I really need tether this summer. I would appreciate any
help you can give, as I have told Carol I am only too willing to bring the
machine in so that we might expedite debugging.
Derek Rowell
ps: I presume you are aware that the user's password is wide open and
visible on the Mobile Monitor "Show SLIP/PPP Configuration" report. I
consider this to be a VERY bad potential breach of security for anyone who
might leave their machine running tether.
