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Re: AmiTCP 4.2/PPP weirdness

#130
From: Richard P. O'Sullivan
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 11:32
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On 11 Nov 1995, Sean McGrath 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"
> 
> Please leave me mail with any tips/hints... thanks!

   You might try setting the MTU=1500 and omit the CD switch.  That's my 
setup.

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Altofirma Web Works                                Richard P. O'Sullivan
http://www.aww.com/                                      rosully@aww.com
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Subject: Re: AmiTCP 4.2/PPP weirdness
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 06:32:38 -0500
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