Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-31 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:37:53PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:58:13PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > Hi Zach, > > > > In pppconfig its under advanced options: Persist yes, and demand yes if > > you want it. > > > > Otherwise, in /etc/ppp/peers/the-peer-you-

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:58:13PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > Hi Zach, > > In pppconfig its under advanced options: Persist yes, and demand yes if > you want it. > > Otherwise, in /etc/ppp/peers/the-peer-you-use, > add the lines > persist > demand > > > Persist will redial your modem

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-27 Thread John Hasler
Zach writes: > Exactly how can I enable [dial on demand]? Change->provider name->Advanced->Demand > How can I enable [persist] also? Change->provider name->Advanced->Persist -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:49:06PM -0500, Zach wrote: > On 1/27/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I don't suppose you told pppconfig to make it an on-demand connection? > > Hi Douglas, > > Exactly how can I enable this? > > >Personally, I also use the persist option so th

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-27 Thread Zach
On 1/27/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't suppose you told pppconfig to make it an on-demand connection? Hi Douglas, Exactly how can I enable this? Personally, I also use the persist option so that it redials if the connection dies. Cool. How can I enable this als

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 05:20:04PM -0600, Owen Heisler wrote: > On 1/23/07, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 40C is quite fine, my drives idle at nearly that (spinning but idle). > Sometimes they get up to almost 70C when they are really busy. Maybe > that's too hot? Comments... > My Seagat

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:03:27AM -0500, Zach wrote: > Hi, > > I am having a problem in Debian (testing) and wonder if you could help me. > In > Windoze I can stat a download program and left unattended it will run > for 5 hours before the ISP automatically disconnects, however in Linux > when I

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-26 Thread Owen Heisler
On 1/25/07, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/25/07, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had the problem of only 2KB/s on Debian and 4 on Windows. I fiddled > around with it and discovered that when I ran "wvdial" it would do the > full 4 (you get 30-50 with dialup?! Oops I meant Kb/

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-25 Thread Zach
On 1/25/07, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had the problem of only 2KB/s on Debian and 4 on Windows. I fiddled around with it and discovered that when I ran "wvdial" it would do the full 4 (you get 30-50 with dialup?! This was in the country though, a Hi Owen, Oops I meant Kb/s :

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-25 Thread Zach
On 1/24/07, Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another thing to check is the line quality. If your line has a lot of noise on it, the connection can get lost that way and would degrade the speed before that. On bad days, I get speeds down to 9600, varying lengths of time on-line, then the syste

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-25 Thread Owen Heisler
On 1/23/07, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (also I wonder why the max download transfer rate I get is around 30KB whereas in Windoze I can get 50KB in Windoze). I had the problem of only 2KB/s on Debian and 4 on Windows. I fiddled around with it and discovered that when I ran "wvdial" it woul

Re: OT crappy tech support [was Re: dialup connectivity problem]

2007-01-25 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:53:02AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 09:31:47AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >>But no technical support ever identified the problem and they would > >>only talk to me when I said I had M$ OS installed and runn

Re: OT crappy tech support [was Re: dialup connectivity problem]

2007-01-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 09:31:47AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: But no technical support ever identified the problem and they would only talk to me when I said I had M$ OS installed and running. scripted "tech" support drone: click on the start menu me: uh huh, ok

OT crappy tech support [was Re: dialup connectivity problem]

2007-01-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 09:31:47AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > But no technical support ever identified the problem and they would only > talk to me when I said I had M$ OS installed and running. scripted "tech" support drone: click on the start menu me: uh huh, okay... stsd: click on sett

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-24 Thread Wulfy
Zach wrote: On 1/24/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This ISP switched to v.92 protocol and my old modem would not connect. The ISP said nothing, but with a new v.02 analog modem the connections are a lot better. If it is the modem protocol why can it sometimes stay connected fo

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Zach wrote: On 1/24/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AFAIK that has nothing to do with Debian but with your ISP. Hi Hugo, Oh. This is what I get sometimes (Sid): ... Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Modem hangup Jan 23

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-24 Thread Zach
On 1/24/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AFAIK that has nothing to do with Debian but with your ISP. Hi Hugo, Oh. This is what I get sometimes (Sid): ... Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Modem hangup Jan 23 02:01:30 debi

Re: dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Zach wrote: Hi, I am having a problem in Debian (testing) and wonder if you could help me. In Windoze I can stat a download program and left unattended it will run for 5 hours before the ISP automatically disconnects, however in Linux when I am running 'apt-get upgrade' sometimes it will run f

dialup connectivity problem

2007-01-23 Thread Zach
Hi, I am having a problem in Debian (testing) and wonder if you could help me. In Windoze I can stat a download program and left unattended it will run for 5 hours before the ISP automatically disconnects, however in Linux when I am running 'apt-get upgrade' sometimes it will run for 5 hours also