> My SECOND problem is that my modem just up and hangs up > occaisionally. As far as this is concerned, I just hope someone can > tell me how to start determining if it was due to a change on my side > or the ISPs side.
I don't have any ideas on your first problem, but I do have a bit of experience with the second. The hang-ups could be something as simple as a timeout on the ISP side because you haven't been doing anything for awhile. But I'm sure you've thought of this. I think you could use tcpdump to see if the hangup coincides with a long interruption in packets -- if so it might be an automatic hangup on the ISP's part (or a low value for idle in your ~/.ppprc or /etc/ppp/options). I had a similar problem a few months ago where my modem would hang up after exactly 32 minutes. Turned out it was our cordless phone. At the suggestion of the phone company, we unplugged it and from then on everything has worked just fine (except for the crappy line quality, of course). This probably isn't what's going on either, but before considering the computer-side issues, it's worth a look into what other devices are sharing your modem line and what they might be doing. Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alaska Fairbanks www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc
