Re: Newbie Modem Q
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 11:16:21AM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> another point is that most external modems have a power/reset switch that
> comes in handy when dealing with flakey ISP's. get a modem hang with an
> internal and you have to reboot, with an external you push the button and
> redial.
Was also handy when I was living at home. My folks were too impatient
for dial-on-demand and would bitch about timeouts no matter how many
times I explained that it was normal while the modem was dailing. So
I turned off demand and turned on persist and ppp_on_boot. Need a
connection? Turn the modem on, it'll connect shortly.
- --
.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :' : proud Debian admin and user
`. `'`
`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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