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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.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!news.PBI.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nmia!gallup.cia-g.com!python From: Joel Yancey <python@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP and My USR Sportster 28.8 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:41:12 -0600 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 68 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960625113947.22627A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> References: <199606241900.MAA27918@math.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gallup.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199606241900.MAA27918@math.berkeley.edu> On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Dan Strick wrote: > In article <4qlqst$437@hume.nmia.com> you write: > >i have this problem, i have a USR sportster 28.8, and im using it to connect > > > >to the internet through ppp, for some reason if i use this > >modem, it wants to delete the default route, and 1-2 min > >connection time....BUT, if i switch back to my old > >14.4 Generic Modem, it works fine, and never deletes a route > >And no, it cant be routed, because im not running it > >i've also tried connect this 28.8 at 9600 and > >it still deletes the default route. > > > > > >The Logs show nothing, except that ppp took down a layer, and > >disconnected accordingly after 1-2 min (it says secs but its mins) > >after connection time.... > > > >Does anyknow know whats going on.... i thought it might > >be the serial port, but since i jsut bougt this fast > >serial card ( this is an external modem) and it's got > >a 16550A UART, i would think it would be more than > >capable of handling a 28.8. > > I don't know what your problem is, so this advice is necessarily cheap. > I use iijppp (I don't recall which one you said you were using) on my > FreeBSD 2.1 system with a 28.8 Multitech modem. I usually talk to a USR > 28.8 sportster on a Sun Workstation at work. > > I recommend using iijppp because it is so configurable and manageable. > It beats the heck out of any other ppp that I have used. I have not > tried the kernel mode ppp that comes with but is no longer configured > by default in FreeBSD. I am going to assume that you are using the > iijppp that comes with FreeBSD and is the one described by "man ppp". > > I gather that something is going wrong in your PPP and it is failing > after running for just a minute or two and that a side effect might > be the loss of the default route. You might try increasing the debug > output options to include everything short of individual packets. > Check /var/log/ppp.log for anything that looks like a warning or > error message that be related to your problem. Perhaps it will > suggest a particular option ppp protcol that is causing problems. > Try disabling all the optional protocols and see if that makes your > problem go away. I found that in order to keep my link to a > Solaris 2.5 workstation up, I had to "disable" both the "lqr" and > "pred1" protocols. Your problem is probably unrelated, but perhaps > the same kind of approach will help. > > Dan Strick > dan@math.berkeley.edu > > P.S. You said that everything seems to work fine at 14.4. > I had lots of high speed problems with my Multitech until > I upgraded my firmware. I understand that USR 28.8 firmware > dated before 1994 is also unreliable. If your modem is old, > it might be worth upgrading the firmware. The current > sportster firmware release supports 33.6 kbaud. A firmware > upgrade for a sportster costs around $30. > Wellm i swtiched com port finally, and it worked. sometimes the stupidest things that you dont thinki would be possible, or highly unlike are true. Thanks for replying Joel Yancey dead end dead.deadend.com