From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 4 21:22:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA03364 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 21:22:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA03355 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 21:22:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA21529; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 00:22:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 00:22:20 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Bill Beavers cc: Robert Clark , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dialup pppd problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk How about physicall moving the "bad" modems and lines to the position the "good" ones are in? ie: swap only the serial cables. If you're problems move, you can then just swap phone lines to narrow it down further... You'll find who to point the finger at eventually. Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- "I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man Just a mortal with potential of a superman I'm living on" -DB On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Bill Beavers wrote: > On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Robert Clark wrote: > > > > > Have you attempted to elimenate a bad line as part of the problem? > > Well, the phone guy says they are ok, but I don't know how thoroughly > he/they tested them. It definitely seems to start on the 4th line ttyc03 > so I feel that way also. We live in a rural area, and that in itself > lends itself to questionable line quality. Very strange. I appreciate > your input. This helps me think through all these problems. > > > > > > [RC] > > > > On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Bill Beavers wrote: > > > > > ttyc00 (positively) or second modem ttyc01 (usually) and maintain a good > > > solid internet connection indefinitely with NO problems. But if users > > > hits the 3rd through the 16th modem, then they usually can only stay > > > connected for around 2 to 3 minutes, sometimes longer, but not much. > > ........................................ > . Bill Beavers, Technology Coordinator . > . Arch Ford Education Coop . > . bbeavers@moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us . > . http://moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us . > ........................................ >