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RE: (ASCEND) Cranky PPP . . .
Hmmm. The thing is, I'm providing WINS server addresses as part of my PPP
handshake now and I don't _think_ that came out until a little later . . .
So did you have the "vanishing TCP connection" problem I mention with other
5.0 releases?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd A. Blank [SMTP:todd@thenap.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 1:05 PM
> To: 'Lynch, Mark'; ascend-users@bungi.com
> Subject: RE: (ASCEND) Cranky PPP . . .
>
> Since you haven't made it to 6.*.* yet, you might try regressing to
> 5.0Ap42 - This was one of the most stable releases I ever ran on my
> Maxen. Regularly had uptimes in excess of 120 days without reboots or
> user complaints... We ran a bunch of PPP and MPP connections on these
> Maxen as well.
>
> Just my two cents worth :-)
>
> Todd A. Blank
> Columbus NAP, Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lynch, Mark [SMTP:mlynch@cas.org]
> > Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 10:28 AM
> > To: ascend-users@bungi.com
> > Subject: (ASCEND) Cranky PPP . . .
> >
> >
> > For the Ascend boys (Matt, et al) specifically:
> >
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > On my very simple, whitebread Max 4K I've got a recurring insidious
> > problem
> > with analog PPP connections losing their network connectivity. The
> > line
> > stays up, but the TCP/IP just "goes away". Sometimes it comes back
> > after a
> > few minutes, sometimes the user has to start over.
> >
> > Thanks to Peter Lalor for clueing me in about LQM. Turning that on (I
> > haven't made the jump to 6.1.x yet) reduced the frequency of the
> > problem,
> > but did not eliminate it altogether. I've seen other folks here
> > remark on
> > similar symptoms in their configurations. Thanks to all, by the way,
> > for
> > sharing and offering suggestions.
> >
> > My question for you is this:
> >
> > I understand work is furiously underway on the next release of 6.1.x
> > that's
> > really going to fix a lot of things. Is my problem one of the things
> > fixed
> > in this pending (or any) release? Right now I'm at 5.0Ap51, waiting
> > for the
> > smoke to clear in 6.1.x.
> >
> > I guess another way to put this same question is, "Is Ascend aware of
> > and
> > working on a solution for this problem"? Believe me, for the longest
> > time I
> > thought it was pilot error, but after having read this list for a
> > couple of
> > months I'm happy (and saddened) to see it's not just me.
> >
> > So what do you fellows think?
> >
> >
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