Re: [TCLUG:18170] why disconnects?

[Ben Luey <lueyb@gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu>]

> 
> #1) [wall line jack]-----[his computer]-----[your computer]
> 
> #2) [wall line jack]-----[your computer]-----[his computer]
> 
> #3) [wall line jack]-----[Y-splitter]-----[your computer]
>                               |
>                               +-----------[his computer]
It is setup like #3, which is why I don't understand the differences. I'm
also curious why my parent's modem disconnects if you pick up the phone,
(or stare at it evilly)but here I've left the phone off the hook while my
housemate was online (and sleep) for an hour and it stays up!!

The modem idea sounds right. I'm going to look at my init scripts and my
modem manual . (It is a new 56k Jaton isa, ).

Thanks,

Ben


> It sounds like #1 to me. #2 would put you at an advantage, but #3 would
> be a fairer arrangement. If both computers plug into line jacks it
> probably is a difference in modems as Eric suggests.
> 
> I bring it up because I have had a couple of my computers set up this
> way, and it is just another excuse to make pictures with ASCII.
> 
> Troy
> 
> Ben Luey wrote:
> > 
> > My housemate and I share a modem line between our computers. If he leaves
> > his computer connected and goes to sleep and I try to connect with my
> > computer, I can't dial in and his connection stays up. There is no way to
> > kill his connection short of going into his room and disconnecting his
> > computer. Yet if I'm online and he tries to dial in, my connection dies
> > and before it realizes it and redials, his computer has already dialed and
> > connected. This hardly sems fair. Is there an option in ppp for not
> > hanging up on line noise and just waiting it out? What causes a connection
> > to disconnect?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
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