Re: Free PPP...very slow with OS 8.1

Article View: demon.tech.mac

Article #830

#830

From: John Hartshorne
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00

27 lines
1493 bytes

In article <358E6B0E.FAAD83D9@smalexs.demon.co.uk>, Alessandro Smali
<ale@smalexs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello everybody, my name is Alex
> 
> I use "free PPP" to connect to the Internet. The annoying thing is that
> it takes almost 10 seconds to disconnect and I do not understand why.
> 
> I have a 7200 with 64 meg and system 8.1, Netscape 4.05 if it matters.
> Anyway I do not think this is machine -dependant, in fact a friend of
> mine with a 9500/300 got the same problem as soon as he upgraded to 8.1
> (Yes, with 8.0 the thing didn't happen!).
> 
> Anybody who has a clue or who is experiencing the same problem??
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alex Smali
> London


Yes - the same happens on my 8600 running a 56K GV modem. It also happens
using PPP rather than Free PPP. Sorry - can't tell you why!!

John Hartshorne

Technical Details

Message-ID: <SCIENCE1-2806981225090001@earthdragon.demon.co.uk>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References: <358E6B0E.FAAD83D9@smalexs.demon.co.uk>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,5fa5b58b3904b623
X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public
From: SCIENCE1@prudhs.demon.co.uk (John Hartshorne)
Subject: Re: Free PPP...very slow with OS 8.1
Date: 1998/06/28
Message-ID: <SCIENCE1-2806981225090001@earthdragon.demon.co.uk>
X-Deja-AN: 366796497
X-NNTP-Posting-Host: earthdragon.demon.co.uk:212.228.129.32
References: <358E6B0E.FAAD83D9@smalexs.demon.co.uk>
X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net
X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 899032951 nnrp-05:15603 NO-IDENT earthdragon.demon.co.uk:212.228.129.32
Organization: Prudhoe Community High school
Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac

Reply to Parent Message