From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 14:54:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25241 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:54:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25157 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:54:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-114.laker.net [208.0.233.14]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id RAA13761; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:52:30 -0400 Message-Id: <199810162152.RAA13761@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Brian Somers" , "keith@apcs.com.au" Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:22:02 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ping Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:20:49 +0100, Brian Somers wrote: >This is probably the result of a cheap modem that trains downwards >due to line noise and never trains back up. > >I'd advise a disconnect/reconnect every 12-24 hours to avoid this. USRobotics (now owned by 3Com) had this specific trouble (and probably some other brands that were simply copying their design) and can be fixed by upgrading the MODEMs firmware. This is easy if the MODEM uses flash ROM. Just download their upgrade wizard. If it uses real ROMs (you know, really read-only!), then you'd have to buy new ROMs from their service department (I wouldn't, I'd just buy a new USR V90). > >> Hi All >> >> The Link to my isp runns slow after 3 days and the only fix is hang up the modem >> and dial back in. >> >> (33600 modem - 2.2.7-RELEASE dialed into a 33600 modem connected to a 2e30 >> Port Master) Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message