Hiya - still have not got a reliable 56K modem connection. I have
tried all sorts of init strings - forcing connections at lower
speeds, etc.
A few pertinent points relating to our situation:
1. a ping I have going to the modem we're dialled in to goes from
around 125-250ms during normal operation to 7000ms, 15000ms, 25000ms
and beyond just before the modem chokes and dies. this usually
happens when I try do download some stuff... and we end up getting
useless transfer rates (sub 1k / sec at the moment)
2. pppd exits due with the following error message in the logs:
pppd[2701]: Terminating on signal 15.
3. on connecting I notice that software compression is being enabled:
kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
4. previously we were connected by another internal 56k ISA modem -
and a 33.6 external modem - both of these allowed speeds of up to 5
or 6 k a second quote reliably so I'm pretty sure it's not the
hardware or phone lines.
5. I'm having the same problems on both a server set up as a fresh
6.1 install and another which is a 6.0 to 6.1 upgrade. our previous
connection and speed with the internal modem was on a 6.0 setup - not
sure if that's going to make a difference? the 33.6 works fairly
reliably and quickly with 6.0 and 6.1 setups.
6. during testing at different connection and compression speeds I
received the following modprobe errors, but don't know what they mean
or how to troubleshoot:
modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0000
modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-67b8
modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0809
if anyone has any ideas as to what's going on or how to force a
reliable (and reasonable speed) link - or what these modprobe errors
relate to then I'd love to hear from you! :)
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