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Re: AmiTCP 4.2/PPP weirdness

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From: Philip Stokes
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 20:37
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Sean McGrath (smcgrath@netaxs.com) wrote:
> Greetings... I'm using AmiTcp 4.2 and PPP 1.30 on my A4000/040.
> With my ISP, I need to call and average of 2-3 times before
> I get a network connection.  Usually the modems sit and 
> negotiate for a while, but never connect... I finally get a 
> decent network connection after 2-3 tries.  I've been doing
> this for months, figured it was a modem problem, but
> now I'm wondering if I have incorrectly set up my dynamic
> ppp values... funny thing is, when I do get a working net
> connection it works fine... just takes a couple tries.
> Anyone know why it might be doing this?
> 
> Right now my ppp.config looks like this :
> 
> "serial.device 0 57600 0.0.0.0 MTU=1024 
> DIALSCRIPT=Work:Terminals/AmiTCP/db/dialin_script CD 7WIRE"

Sean,

Use PPP's logging function to log your ppp events. It will tell you
what's happening and should give you a clue as to what's going wrong.
The PPP.guide in the archive tells you how.

> Please leave me mail with any tips/hints... thanks!

Cc'd.

Phil.
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Philip Stokes                                    phil@stokes.demon.co.uk
Hertfordshire
England
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