Re: Hitting web site consistently dropped ppp connection?

[Heikki Vatiainen <hessu@cs.tut.fi>]

Ugh, I'm following up myself since I think I got it wrong about 
whose modem was closing the connection.

I wrote:
> Nathan O. Siemers wrote:
> > I've got a weird one, folks.
> 
> Not really, it's just a feature in your modem :)
                                     ^^^^
What I should have said is "your ISP's modem" since you are 
getting the page from your ISP and their modem probably thinks
the triple + is a special sequence.

> > Is there a ghost in the machine?  How could that happen? Is this a
> > freak coincidence or the tickling/exploit of a pppd bug?  It there an
> > escape sequence embedded in the transfer that could reset the modem?
> 
> Escape sequence is probably the correct quess. I just
> downloaded the page and one of comments had this signature:
> 
> -- + ++ATH0
>     ^
> Space added by me to protect modem owners. My guess is your 
> modem saw the three plus signs and hung up.
  ^^^^^
Again, "ISP's modem". 

// Heikki