Subject: Re: Internal modem that ships with B&W G3
From: Robert Fout (rfout@mahi.damien.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 17:44:25 MST
I live about 10 miles from my ISP, and connect at 49333 with an external USR
56k modem connected to an 8100/80, and with my B&W G3, I connect at 45333.
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Robert Fout
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> From: Patrick Callahan <pac1@tiac.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:02:00 -0500
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Internal modem that ships with B&W G3
>
> I had nothing but frustration with my apple internal modem until recently. I
> think the modem or its interface to the motherboard, or the software we are
> using
> to drive it has a problem with noisy connections. I used a U.S. Robotics
> 28,800
> modem before I got the Blue G3, and it worked much better than the internal
> modem.
>
> I've also noticed that when the connection is actually dropped, and you can
> hear
> a dial tone on the line, KPPP fails to notice. The throughput drops to zero,
> but ppp still sends packets. You have to "disconnect", wait for the modem to
> reset (a few seconds) and then re-connect.
>
> But wait. something at my ISP or with my phone line, or my phone company, or
> the
> company that provides transport from my phone company to the isp has changed
> recently. I can now usually get good connections, but only at 28,880 -
> 33,600.
> My phone is 26,500 feet from the Telco Central Office, and that's probably why
> I
> can't do better than 33,600. Anyone with contrary information is invited to
> contact me. If its reasonable to expect 40 or 50 k from a line that long, I'd
> like to know about it so I can get my $100 back from Steve's crowd in
> Cupertino.
>
>
> While the connection seems better than ever, it still goes down. I've noticed
> that if I do something to keep the connection busy second to second, the
> connection will stay in place almost indefinitely. If I do not, the
> connection
> will get dropped. I don't know why.
>
>
> Here's two things you can try to keep your connection active.
>
> 1. Ping the node you are connected to at your isp every second.
>
> 2. Get connected to an IRC server and open a reasonably busy chat session.
>
> I've had connections stay in place up to 24 hours with either of these
> methods,
> when without them, the connection would last only a few minutes.
>
> When I do lose a connection, chances are I'm actively using netscape. I think
> there's a connection between drops and heavy netscape usage. Intrerrupting
> an
> http connection especially seems to kill things. (netscape 4.7)
>
> Adam Price wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Robert Fout wrote:
>>> This questions isn't really YDL specific, but I'm hoping someone might know
>>> the answer. Who is the manufacturer of the modems that Apple shipped with
>>> B&W G3s? I think I'm having problems with the modem, it often times drops my
>>> PPP connection to my ISP.
>>> Bob
>>
>> Global Village/Teleport.
>>
>> I am a little disappointed in mine too - mainly because it sometimes
>> refuses to reset, and I have to reboot. In fact, in the last month, I
>> have rebooted ~25 times. 3 or 4 because my stylewriter will only print
>> from MacOs, and 21-22 because rebooting is the only way I can get my modem
>> to turn off. That is a reboot almost every day! Linux isn't supposed to
>> need that, is it? Has anyone found a more reliable hangup string for this
>> modem than the standard ath0? Or better inits than either atz or
>> at&f(0|1|2)?
>>
>> -Adam
>
> --
> Pat Callahan
> Acton Ma USA
> Programmer and Kohlrabi Rancher
>
>
>
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