Re: dialup connectivity problem

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Zach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem in Debian (testing) and wonder if you could help 
> me. In
> Windoze I can stat a download program and left unattended it will run
> for 5 hours before the ISP automatically disconnects, however in Linux
> when I am running 'apt-get upgrade' sometimes it will run for 5 hours
> also before disconnecting but more often than not it will disconnect
> after just 1 hour and also often just 90 minutes and sometimes rarely
> just after a few minutes. I cannot find any explanation or error
> message in /var/log. I am using SupraExpress 56 SP serial modem (also
> I wonder why the max download transfer rate I get is around 30KB
> whereas in Windoze I can get 50KB in Windoze). Here is all I could
> find in the logfiles:


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AFAIK that has nothing to do with Debian but with your ISP.

This is what I get sometimes (Sid):

...
Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Modem hangup
Jan 23 02:01:30 debian pppd[2459]: Connect time 39.0 minutes.
...

This ISP switched to v.92 protocol and my old modem would not connect. 
The ISP said nothing, but with a new v.02 analog modem the connections 
are a lot better.

Hugo