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Article #412Re: Eureka! (was Re: Is it my Mac, my modem, my line or Demon?)
From: Andy Hewitt
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
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Bob Kenyon <bob@raspbrry.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <bob-1901990207380001@raspbrry.demon.co.uk>,
> bob@raspbrry.demon.co.uk (Bob Kenyon) wrote:
>
> > I've done two things:
> >
> > (a) used the AT&F&D init string so that my string now reads:
> > AT&F&D \V1
> >
> > (b) followed some advice to...
> > > > > btw, I've had lots of problems logging on myself, and one thing that
> > > > > looks like it *might* be helping is changing (in the `advanced LCP
> > > > > options bit) both Protocol Field Compression and addr/ctrl field
> > > > > compression to `will' only (both local and remote).
>
> [snip]
>
> > I'm [now succesfully and without any line drops] connecting to the Energis
> > beta number and getting error
> > correction, compression, K56, transmit at 28800 and receive at 40000.
>
> I tried (a) reverting the init string to AT&F1 and (b) turning the two
> "want" fields back on. Doing EITHER of these gives me immediate line
> drops. Putting back the changes gives me back a trouble free line.
I think I get the 'flow' here! If I read it right you've set the modem
to more or less default, and have resolved the issue - need any more be
said?
Funny enough, I set FreePPP to init at AT&F&D (as per the Pace manual)
after trying the FreePPP 'auto init' setting and increased my connection
speeds.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc20b,6fb2849a9d9d547d X-Google-Attributes: gidfc20b,public X-Google-Thread: fad9d,6fb2849a9d9d547d X-Google-Attributes: gidfad9d,public X-Google-Thread: 102a94,b6c027ae7701af6d X-Google-Attributes: gid102a94,public From: a.hewitt@net.ntl.com (Andy Hewitt) Subject: Re: Eureka! (was Re: Is it my Mac, my modem, my line or Demon?) Date: 1999/01/20 Message-ID: <1dlyb3h.1nokenb5o2jdaN@[194.168.10.195]> X-Deja-AN: 434998656 References: <bob-1701992056510001@raspbrry.demon.co.uk> <916670544.29352.0.nnrp-03.9e981d17@news.demon.co.uk> <1dluhos.rgqiv1lpqtjN@belinda-37.cableol.net> <bob-1901990025390001@raspbrry.demon.co.uk> <bob-1901990207380001@raspbrry.demon.co.uk> <bob-2001992052590001@raspbrry.demon.co.uk> Organization: Home User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.4 Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac,demon.service,demon.tech.modems