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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!main.put.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Spontaneous Disconnects? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 31 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <DwMAsM.Bt@news2.new-york.net> References: <DwEFyt.I8z@news2.new-york.net> <32192A75.2E55@www.play-hookey.com> <4vep01$ba@anorak.coverform.lan> X-Trace: 840848421/215 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 01:00:22 GMT Brian Somers (brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk) wrote: : Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : : Louis Epstein wrote: : : > : : > Are you aware of anything that could be spontaneously disconnecting my : : > dialed-in ISP customers from connections authenticated by a 2.1R box : : > that could be related to the OS? : : > : : > Trying to cover every possible base here.(If it is OS-related,would : : > going to 2.1.5R make any difference?) : : : I don't hink it's the OS; my full-time dialup also drops occasionally. : : Since it happens most often during rain or thunderstorms, or when the : : telco is futzing around, I tend to believe it's just noise on the line : : that blows the modem sync, leading to disconnect. : : : It's not fun, but I don't see any way to avoid it on a dialup link. : : Most modems have a "how long to lose CD before dropping the line" S : register (around S7-S11 somewhere on a USR-Sportster). Try tweaking : this up to a second or there abouts. Some modems default this to about : .07 of a second: used to always kill my link after no more than an hour : or two. Will suggest this to the querulous subscribers,thanks! : I can now stay linked for days at a time (downloading 2.1.0 including : xperiment, X & commerce took 28 hours).... But that may also be because : I'm not using BT and I am using Videotron as a tele-provider - far : less noise on the line. :