Re: Thank you, Corel, for PPP
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Keith G. Murphy wrote:
> I have seen several postings on this list about your problem, but never
> any response when asked (by John Hasler) for details. Maybe you go
> offline with "gurus" with your problem, but I suspect you'd be better
> served, if you are sincerely interested in getting Debian to do this, if
> you persisted with the list and offered us some details like: logs; type
> of modem; dialup strings that Debian (and Corel) are using. And what's
> your provider; maybe someone else has that one and knows the pitfalls.
> Hit-and-run won't get it; it only frustrates everybody.
>
Try:
echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
OR
Turn off all ppp header compression.
Hanging/balky ppp connection are usualy the result of a combination of tcp
timestamps and header compression. There is something with the timestamps
that tickles a bug in the compression. The timestamps are optional and may
be turned off. I suspect Corel did one or both of these things in their
default ppp setup.
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