Sean Richardson wrote: > Well... I have continued to play with this...switching between suse and > debian...and have been able to partially fix the problem. > > By setting my wvdial baud rate down to 57600 from 115200 i get only > 1 error in 1000 packets... which is respectable... > > However, I would still like to know why 115200 works without a single > error on the SuSE setup...but with the same settings debian gives me > errors... > > I am using an external USR v.everything modem on a 16550A serial port... > > The SuSE box was 6.4 with a 2.2.14 kernel..and the debian box is potato > with the 2.2.15 kernel... all the versions seem to be the same (wvdial, > pppd, etc...) > > any ideas? anyone?
My first guess is that it's either the difference in the kernel or how the kernel was compiled. One way to tell would be to do a quick compile of the 2.2.14 kernel with the same options you had selected with SuSE and see if that cures the problem. I know that currently on my box the 2.2.14 gives me better ppp performance then the 2.2.16. After compiling 2.2.16 yesterday my ppp became very erratic - sometimes connecting with either a crummy baud rate or a good baud rate with no transfer of data. When I boot with my 2.2.14 boot floppy, wvdial and pppd work flawlessly. Since in my experience most of these problems are caused by the user (me :-)) I'm going to recompile the 2.2.16 with exactly the same selections as the 2.2.14 and see if the problem goes away. If I find any definitive answer, I'll post the results. If not...... I'll keep searching. John -- Powered by the Penguin
