Re: ppp packet errors
On May 23, Lindsay Allen wrote
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> I used to get excellent ppp transfers, but of late I get errors and
> the modem lights often cease activity for several seconds at a time.
> ppp version is 2.2.0f-23.
>
> ifconfig shows:-
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
> inet addr:203.59.0.18 P-t-P:203.59.24.26 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:552 Metric:1
> RX packets:27767 errors:524 dropped:524 overruns:0
> TX packets:14018 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Do you have irqtune installed and configured to give your modem (serial port,
actually) the first priority. I used to get a lot of errors like this before I
discovered irqtune. It is in the hwtools package, btw.
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