Did you try pinging an ip address or host name (such as sunsite.unc.edu) to see if all the packets are going through? Also, do you have a known good modem that you can substitute in the same physical port?
--- "Chris R. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently got a modem for my Linux server, and it > seem to have some > problems. When I first connect it seems to work > okay, but after a varying > amount of time (5-15 min) I see the following log > messages: > > Jan 30 18:21:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq > id=0x1 magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:21:23 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep > id=0x1 magic=0x1742385f] > . > . > Jan 30 18:33:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq > id=0x19 magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:33:23 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep > id=0x19 magic=0x1742385f] > Jan 30 18:33:51 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq > id=0x1a magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq > id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoReq > id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoRep > id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep > id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] > Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: appear to have > received our own echo-reply! > > During this time it seems ppp/file transfers work > fine, and then suddenly > stop. If I poff and then pon, it seems to work fine > again for a little while. > > Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do about > this? > > Thanks, > Chris > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com