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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
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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....