Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-10 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 08:33:22AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > here's the setserial output: > > /dev/modem, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 > Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 > closing_wait: 3000 > Flags: spd_normal That all looks normal, give

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-10 Thread ben
On Monday 09 September 2002 11:34 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.10.0401 +0200]: > > martin f krafft wrote: > > > - as soon as the connection is started (i.e. the modem screams), > > > the system load just keeps climbing. > > > > This is

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.10.0401 +0200]: > martin f krafft wrote: > > - as soon as the connection is started (i.e. the modem screams), > > the system load just keeps climbing. > > This is a kernel bug, a pppd bug, or a hardware bug. I'd bet on the > latter.

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.10.0313 +0200]: > What kind of modem are you using? If you're using a WinModem, that > might be the problem. it's attached to ttyS0, and there are no winmodems like that. it's a standard hayes-comaptible 33.6 here's the setserial output:

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-09 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:35:32PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > i have an old 486DX2-66. it happily does pppoe/pppd + iptables > MASQUERADE + bind9 + dhcpd for my home network all day long. it's > system load usually doesn't exceed 0.20. it's running sarge with > a custom 2.4.18 kernel. > > th

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-09 Thread John Hasler
martin f krafft wrote: > - as soon as the connection is started (i.e. the modem screams), > the system load just keeps climbing. This is a kernel bug, a pppd bug, or a hardware bug. I'd bet on the latter. > Mainly look for messages from pppd, as maybe it's misconfigured. It shouldn'

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-09 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:35:32PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > here's a problem that baffles me: > > when i use /usr/bin/pon or minicom to simply dial out to another > modem where there's a pppd+mgetty waiting to accept calls, the > system goes gaga. with that i mean this: > - as so

modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-09 Thread martin f krafft
i have an old 486DX2-66. it happily does pppoe/pppd + iptables MASQUERADE + bind9 + dhcpd for my home network all day long. it's system load usually doesn't exceed 0.20. it's running sarge with a custom 2.4.18 kernel. there's also a modem connected to the machine on ttyS0, linked to /dev/modem, s