From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 7 5:52: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BFCA37B405 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 05:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 26778 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2001 13:51:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.203) by smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 13:51:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 46361 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2001 13:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO MOTHER) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 13:51:57 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Bill Moran" , "SNF" Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 08:51:19 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (5.0.2195;2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Welders causing dial-out to fail Message-Id: <20011107135202.3BFCA37B405@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:20:44 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >In response to a few other similar responses, I thought I'd throw in some >more details: >The proxy server is physically located in the wiring closet where the phone >lines are. There is only about 5' of phone line from the proxy to the main >telco jack. The welders are on the other side of the building: >I don't know whether this may mean different things to different people, >but it doesn't (from my viewpoint) seem to support the "shield the wire >from proxy to telco will solve the problem" angle. >The ceiling of this place is metal girders, and some of the electrical >runs through the ceiling, so I'm wondering if the ceiling is getting >charged or something and acting like a huge antenna that just transfers >the interference throughout the rest of the building. >This may be an interesting problem to solve ... I've got a lot of ideas >to try, so thanks to everyone for the suggestions. have you tried hooking the PC and the modem bank, along with the incoming phone lines through a good surge protector / noise filter like a tripplite isotel? --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message