[ILUG] A couple of modem 'n' ISP questions

[Peter Dempsey]

The following problem is not specific to any ISP, I've tried a few. It's
also not specific to my modem, 'happened with my old 33.6 and my new
winmodem.

I set up my ISP connections with the PPP Configuration Tool that comes with
RH6.1. When I dial my ISP with the associated PPP Dialler it always
requires two attempts. /var/log/messages does not give any clues. I'd
imagine it's some kind of time-out but I don't know where this is set. The
modem init string seems fine, wvdial.conf does not appear to have anything
to do with time-outs. The funny thing is, when I attempt to connect using
the debug option in the PPP Dialler I get connected first time.

It's frustrating to know that each hang-up click from the modem just cost
me 12p.

Another problem, when browsing with Netscape 4.7 I seem to get (Stalled)
down on the status bar quite a lot when looking at some sites. I've only
noticed this since I started using my winmodem (Lucent chipset). I would
expect some CPU overhead in running such a modem, could this be part of the
problem. I'm using my 11 year old PC, a P166MMX 48Mb, could it be time for
another processor transplant? This problem is not ISP specific either.

Any ideas?

Have fun!

Peter























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