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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!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!esiee.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.iif.hu!isyshu!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hu nter.premier.net!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: User PPP works manually but not with script Date: 3 Jul 1996 01:32:04 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4rd454$13d@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <jyanek-2906962155000001@cnc099044.concentric.net> <4r5jtq$6g0@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : The SIGHUP looks like you are suffering from a poor modem that has : glitches on the DCD line. I've been suffering from such a modem for : too long (DCD glitches when the line went bad, the carrier resurrected : quickly, but the glitch has already caused a SIGHUP), until i replaced : it by a ZyXEL. Surely you mean a poor telecom line. Any modem I've seen has allowed you to adjust the time that you can "temporarily lose carrier" without giving up and dropping DSR. It's sometimes around S8/9, but this'll vary per modem. In the UK, different telecom providers will give *very* different lines quality-wise. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....