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Dave Porter <dave@radiopages.co.uk> wrote:

> I have a G3 Powerbook 250. Nice machine, and fast, but I have a problem
> with the internal 56k Modem.
> 
> I works fine for faxing and seems to work okay for coms, but when I connect
> to the internet it doesn't work at all well. It usually starts okay and
> will download, news, web pages etc fast, but then it seems to stall and
> will download only briefly and stop again. After a few minutes of this, I
> get an error message saying something like:
> 
> Open Transport  - you have been disconnected.
> 
> Bearing in mind that that it's fine for faxing, this seems to be an OT
> problem and not a modem problem, I'm using version 1.3 with Mac OS 8.1.
> 
> However, I have connected an extenal Pace 56K modem to it, and eveything
> works perfectly, implying that it's not OT but a modem problem!
> 
> Has anyone had a similar problem, or have the faintest idea what could be
> wrong?

If you're using OT/PPP, try FreePPP. If you're using FreePPP, try
OT/PPP. Switching over (to FreePPP) cured this one for me!

Otherwise, it could be something in your modem init script. Perhaps try
in demon.ip.support.mac ...?

-- 
Mark Etherington @ London UK
mark@roxley.demon.co.uk