From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Apr 2 17:03:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15225 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:03:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15190 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:03:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA26049; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 18:03:25 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA20764; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 18:03:22 -0700 Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 18:03:22 -0700 Message-Id: <199804030103.SAA20764@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Travis Mikalson Cc: Nate Williams , Craig Wilson , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USER PPP Slowness In-Reply-To: <35242BEF.7900@terranova.net> References: <35240F10.632@natsoft.com.au> <199804022318.QAA20449@mt.sri.com> <35242BEF.7900@terranova.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > I have a problem when connecting 2 computers via a modem with > > > User PPP running on both ends. The problem is that after a period of > > > time, usually days, the connection will slow down. > > > > This is because the modems 'train' down due to noise and/or sunspots on > > the line. Unless both modems are the expensive kind (USR Courier's are > > good), they will not 'train' back up, so the connection must be re-done. > > Actually I have yet to see a v.34(+) modem that wouldn't train back up. > USR Sportsters, Supras, Cardinals.. under $70 28.8/33.6 no-name > modems.. None of them train back up. Read the documentation again. That's one of the big selling features of the 'higher-end' modems, since almost all low-end modems could easily do that. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message