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Article #137Re: Losing connection probs?
From: Angus Manwaring
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 00:00
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On 02-Nov-00 20:23:01, Dave Sparks said
>>>>>> "AM" == Angus Manwaring <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> writes:
AM>> Hi all, I've recently (over the last week) had a problem with my
AM>> connection suddenly being dropped for no apparent reason. The modem,
AM>> a USR 28.8 Sportster which has no sound, doesn't indicate I've lost
AM>> the connection, but I clearly have. If I can't finger status@gate,
AM>> and all other activity has suddenly stopped then I'm assuming
AM>> something's probably not right. :)
AM>> I called Demon, who apparently "don't support the Amiga" :) and
AM>> managed to get one person to suggest I changed my Demo phone number
AM>> from a 01749 nuber to an 0845 number. I've done this, but it's too
AM>> early to say if things have improved at all yet. I have had the line
AM>> dropped once, immediately after connection, with the newer number
AM>> though.
AM>> So has anyone else being experiencing any problems? Any advice?
>I recently changed to the new 0844 number; connections are
>generally slower than the 0845 number and seem to take longer to
>establish, but I don't have problems like yours unless Demon have
>internal network problems (which seem to be more frequent than
>they should be).
What can then happen is that the TCP/IP buffers
>get full of unsent packets, and all traffic stops even though the
>connection is still working.
(Is there anyway of recovering from this once it has happened without
logging off? My experience indicates not.)
Thanks Dave. Well, I've not had the problem yet with the 0845 number but
what it sometimes does is just drop the connection immediately after I've
connected. I get the HELLO appear in me little window, and then nothing. I
also can't then get rid of the dialer window without rebooting. Bother! :)
All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
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