Re: PPP connection dying out
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On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Casey Feskens wrote:
>> >My PPP connection seems to be working well except that certain
>> >things keep hanging it. My dial-in works fine. I can run ping or
>> >telnet sessions for any amount of time without a problem. Problems
>> >occur with FTP and Netscape.
>> >
>> Is your sample sufficient for you to be able to say that this is not just
>> chance? Do failures happen after any particular length of time? or are
>> they at unpredictable times?
>
>This happens consistently. I haven't been able to hold a connection
>ever when using FTP or netscape. The amount of time it takes to
>drop is inconsistent. Today I managed to get two files through FTP
>before the connection dropped, but yesterday I couldn't get a 150k
>file through before the connection dropped.
In this case it looks like a case of flow-control not working.
Check if:
- - crtscts is set in /etc/ppp/options or in the commandline arguments to
pppd
- - the modem settings enable hardware flow control
- - the cable connects enough lines to include the hardware flow control
lines
Nils
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