From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 6 6:50:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from neptun.big-blue.net (neptun1.big-blue.net [208.237.121.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFDE1507F for ; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 06:50:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@neptun.big-blue.net) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by neptun.big-blue.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA01769; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:39:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alex@neptun.big-blue.net) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:39:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Alex V P To: J McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISP connection problems... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG can u ask your isp what kind of router they have, firmvare version, what kind of link do you have, make of your modem? alex On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote: > Well, i tried changing the timeout to zero, and i thought that helped, but > i am still getting dropped. I tried a variety of modem commands suggested > by the ISP to restore factory settings, turn off X2, V90, and various > sundry features. What happens is this: first, a Netscape page request > seems to take longer than usual... as if the site does not exist. > However, at this point, ping is still finding a route to my gateway. > Then, netscape reports a few minutes later than it cannot locate the site. > At this point, ping fails and netstat -rn reports that the default routes > have all been dropped, leaving only loopback. All of this happens even > when i am actively using the net, so i don't think it is the timeout. > > -jm > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message