From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 3 09:27:22 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA19202 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 09:27:22 -0800 Received: from ring.zenox.com (ring.zenox.com [204.138.171.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA19190 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 09:27:18 -0800 Received: from ring.zenox.com (ring.zenox.com [204.138.171.253]) by ring.zenox.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id MAA00943; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:25:06 GMT Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:25:06 +0000 () From: "Jeff B. Bolton" To: patl@asimov.volant.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange networking problem with 2.0.5 In-Reply-To: <9511031528.AA20340@asimov.volant.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 3 Nov 1995 patl@asimov.volant.org wrote: > I'm running 2.0.5 as a gateway machine between my LAN and the Internet. > I'm using Ethernet for the LAN, and a 28.8Kb modem with iijppp for the > connection to my Internet access provider. It is mostly working fine, > but I am experiencing two problems. > > 1. The link spontainiously drops rather frequently. It isn't timeouts, > and I haven't been able to determine whether the problem is at my end, > their end, or with the phone line itself. If you or your provider are using a USRobotics Sportster modem, check the Supervisor date (ATI7), if the date is prior to 04/18/95, you have a faulty Supervisior chip which is the cause of your modem "hangups". Cheers Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff B. Bolton http://ring.zenox.com/~jeff/ jeff@zenox.com * All opinions expressed are my own...Who else would want them? * ...It's not my job to drive the train, it's not my job to ring the the bell, but let the damn thing jump the track, and see who catches hell..... ------------------------------------------------------------------