On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Martin Waller wrote: polyto >My phone line is good - assuming it's not a pppd bug, what should my ISP be polyto >doing? How can I convince them it's a problem at their end?
Chances are it's not. Chances are its on your end :) What i suggest is you check your INIT string, in many cases the default ATZ may not be enough to estable a stable connection.. If you are using a 56k modem check the archives for the string I use, as it gives me hours/days of connect time while a friend who connects to the *same* isp gets dropped once an hour (different city, local isp, same county, not the isp i work for btw) I gave him my INIT once but dont think he is using it now since he has since reinstalled his OS(s). If you are a user of win* and find it gives a stable connect then enable the logging function and cehck what init string it is giving it. Now if it worked on an earlier pppd and not the new one then disreguard most of this. i just havent been following the thread much. most ISPs (like my 2) use devices like livingston portmaster and ascend devices to handle calls, it is VERY rare those things have problems, now if your isp is using a modem pool things can get messy. my 0.01 nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:13am up 109 days, 18:56, 2 users, load average: 1.56, 1.62, 1.76
