PPP connection - solution revealed

[Phil Buckley]

Well, in case anyone was wondering... I hooked up a new external 56K
modem and it has worked fine all day. I guess after the two days of
thinking it was something I was doing, I'm off the hook.

Phil

Phil Buckley wrote:
> 
> The last few days I have noticed some strange behavior from out dial up
> connection. It sometimes hold an open connection for a few (4-8) hours
> (which is normal) but more frequently (especially lately) it is dropping
> the connection after just a few minutes. I have noticed this strange
> behavior with more than one ISP. We have tried both Netcom and TIAC,
> both with the same results.
> I have checked the cabels, the phone line and even went so far as to
> uninstall and reinstall ppp! Still I am getting this bad behavior.
> I am using a RH6 system with an old external Cardinal 28.8/33.6 modem.
> 
> I'm really just looking for suggestions where I could look, or what to
> try.
> 
> Thanks,
> Phil Buckely
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