Re: Once in a while 'pon' just hangs without connecting
on Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 11:40:14PM -0500, Andrew Hurt (ahurt@erols.com) wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> Once in a while (3-5 times a month, at most), doing a 'pon' will just
> hang--the modem shows 'CS' then 'TD', but that's it.
>
> Running pppconfig, and creating a new 'provider' (or just deleting an old
> one, and re-creating it) rectifies the situation--as does rebooting.
>
> Any thoughts on the matter are appreciated--I'm going DSL, so Mr. Modem is
> going to be taking a lot of vacation time, but I really would like to
> resolve this matter.
Try using / setting 'poff -a' as your modem disconnect setting. This
should clear any other pppd sessions which are running. May or may not
help with your problems.
Peace.
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