Re: Homer has the ppp blues :-(

1997-04-18 Thread Ralph Winslow
Mark Phillips wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Rick wrote: > > > You might want to play with DTR/DCD settings. I haven't had a problem > > like this before but it sounds like the modem is dropping DTR which, if I > > remember correctly, instructs the software that the data terminal is > > ready.

Modem documents (was Re: Homer has the ppp blues)

1997-04-18 Thread David Wright
On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Rick wrote: > > Unfortunately my modem didn't come with a manual telling me these details. > (I think I could send off for one which would cost me $30 - a little > expensive I think.) Do you know what these things mean/do? Ie what

Re: Homer has the ppp blues :-(

1997-04-18 Thread Mark Phillips
On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Rick wrote: > You might want to play with DTR/DCD settings. I haven't had a problem > like this before but it sounds like the modem is dropping DTR which, if I > remember correctly, instructs the software that the data terminal is > ready. I believe there is a modem command

Re: Homer has the ppp blues :-(

1997-04-18 Thread Mark Phillips
On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Mark Phillips wrote: > > As I already explained, pppd has a nasty habit of thinking the link is > > dead when it isn't really. With the old setup, the "persist" option > > simply told pppd to renegotiate "handshaking" with the ppp process at the > >

Re: Homer has the ppp blues :-(

1997-04-16 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Mark Phillips wrote: > > For many moons now, I have been using a primative method to establish > a ppp link, namely: use minicom to login and start ppp at the other > end, then exit minicom and run pppd manually. > > Though labour intensive, this method worked tolerably well. The only > problem

Homer has the ppp blues :-(

1997-04-16 Thread Mark Phillips
For many moons now, I have been using a primative method to establish a ppp link, namely: use minicom to login and start ppp at the other end, then exit minicom and run pppd manually. Though labour intensive, this method worked tolerably well. The only problem was that sometimes pppd believed th