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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device?
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On Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 05:57:29PM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
>> If you're running PPP with LQM, that should give you a pretty reliable
>> indication as well.
>
> LQM was broken in earlier versions of ijppp, so I never used it.  

It seems to work now.

> In any case, the errors you're seeing are probably unrelated to
> modem fallback,

Well, my assumption here was that:

1.  The line is flaky, and it's causing errors.
2.  The modem isn't falling back.
3.  LQR is counting those errors and reporting them.

> and might be related to the other hanging things up.

I don't understand what you're saying here.

Greg