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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!News.LiveNet.Net!jsloan From: jsloan@LiveNet.Net (Jim Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Windows95, PPP, & BSDi Date: Tue, 11 Jun 96 03:46:57 GMT Organization: LiveNet, Inc. Lines: 64 Message-ID: <4piq7h$u8_004@news.livenet.net> References: <4phudp$8kv@catseye.bluemarble.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blue.livenet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <4phudp$8kv@catseye.bluemarble.net>, holly@shooter.bluemarble.net (Holly S. Allender) wrote: >I realize this subject has been discussed quite a bit this past year or >so. I work for an ISP that is having problems with customers who have >Windows 95, using the Dial-Up Networking, and have PPP accounts. > >Problem: Everytime the client logs on one of two things happen. > 1> the customer is dropped within a few minutes (about 3 min) > after logging on. > 2> after the customer has been online for about 20-30 minutes > (or so) doing mIRC or browsing the web using Netscape 2.xx, > they then try to get their email using Pegasus or Eudora and > receive an error message "Unable to locate host". But there > person is still online and connected to our servers. > The customer has to disconnect and then reconnect. They do > not get the "Reconnect?" window that usually pops up when >the modem connection is dropped. > >The customers are manually logging in. Our >modems are set to drop people after 20minutes of idle time. >I have made sure that the clients were not idling. > >I have read that there is a conflict between the Windows95 PPP and BSDi. >We are using BSDi 2.0 as a terminal server. We have applied all the > >I have read that there is a conflict between the Windows95 PPP and BSDi. >We are using BSDi 2.0 as a terminal server. We have applied all the >patches mentioned, which include k200-011, k200-019, u200-003. They have >been uneffective. > >I have also seen the patches for Windows95 users, but unfortunately have >been unable to find the patches on the windos95.com site. These patches >include setup.exe, oleupd.exe, and krnlupd.exe. > >The questions I have: > >* does anyone have any other suggestions? >* does anyone know where the windows95 patches could be found? > >Thank you for you help, > >Holly S. Allender >holly@bluemarble.net > > > > >-- If you find any info on this, please let me know too. I have a few users complaining about almost immediate disconnects. Although, I never seem to have a problem dialing in from my Windows95 box (and it is hosed by it's own rights, but I never get a disconnect that wasn't intentional, or result of Ma Bell). This doesn't seem to be limited to Windows95 users, but they are the majority that do have this problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Sloan jsloan@livenet.net Vice President LiveNet, Inc. 413 Davis St. Suite 106 Full Service Internet Provider Virginia Beach VA 23462 Dialup and dedicated connections Ph: 804-499-9328 Virtual Web, Email, and FTP hosting http://www.livenet.net info@livenet.net webmaster@livenet.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------