From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 4 18:44:22 2002 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 E615E37D4ED for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:26:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 25619 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2002 02:26:21 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-136-158.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.136.158) by smtp2.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 5 Jan 2002 02:26:21 -0000 Received: from mother.wastegate.net (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BF594843D; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:26:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "FBSD Questions" , "Joe & Fhe Barbish" Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 21:14:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Strange behavior with external modem (redial) Message-Id: <20020105022624.3BF594843D@wastegate.net> 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 Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:51:22 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: >I have a US Robotics 56k external on com1 and every so often >it just redials all be it's self. >This also happens with a zoom 14.4 and a US Robotics 14.4 >external modems I tested with. >I also have a US Robotics & Zoom internal modem and they never redial. >The only difference is which cauux device I point to in ppp.conf. >Is this a bug in FBSD with the way it handles sio to PC hardware com ports? if you are connected to a ISP 24/7 good chance they kick you off every 6 to 12 hours. if you run multilink, then it'll kick you off when it feels like it --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message