One area to check, redial timeout in diald.conf is normally set to 10 seconds some ISP need up to 90 seconds hold off to clear a line, perm or DOD.
We have been caught a couple of times, also noisy lines can have strange effects Regards and luck Stewart Evans Lygon IT Adelaide South OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charlie Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] diald issues (was Re: [e-smith-devinfo] 5.1.2 / USR external modems) > > > Charlie Brady wrote: > > > My response to them is the same as to you - present the evidence if you > > want rational discussion of the problem. You aren't really "reporting > > problems with the dial-up" unless you provide the details. > > > > > >>I don't have log files on me but I can get.... irratic dialing behaviour > >>for one. > >> > > > > Every time I have looked at a diald problem the problem has been found > > elsewhere. Between examination of /var/log/messages and using diald-top to > > visualise diald's activity I've always been able to identify a problem > > which was outside of diald. > > > > You may very well have different experience, but if so, please accurately > > document the issue. > > > Will do, give some time to get some logs together for you..... > > We have tested on different modems, ISPs and hardware..... no better > response. We do get slightly better response on ISDN. > > > We pay per call in Australia as well. I've long been very wary of > > dial-on-demand, and believe that it should be avoided if at all possible > > wherever there are per-call costs. You'll also notice that there is a big > > warning in the User Guide about telecom charges and dial-on-demand: > > > > http://www.e-smith.org/docs/manual/5.1/configexternal.dialup.html > > > Quoting the page : > "We are aware of at least one case in which a failed modem link at the > ISP resulted in several thousand connection attempts over a couple of days " > > What causes this? Diald or a combination of ISP settings and diald or what? > > I will start a seperate thread for this: > > > You'll find an answer to that problem in this thread: > > > > http://www.e-smith.org/bboard/read.php?f=3&i=11994&t=11147 > > > > > >>We have a fix for this and will make it available to others soon! > >> > >>I have also discussed diald with people not using SME (i.e. vanilla > >>linux server) and they have also told me of dial-up problems in the past > >>with daild! > >> > >>This isn't an attack on SME/Mitel, just an enquiry for a replacement for > >>diald? > >> > > > > I doubt that there is one. You'd spend your time better identifying the > > precise problems you have and working out how to fix or work around them, > > by applying, for instance, the qmail concurrencyremote tweak to control > > outgoing mail delivery. > > > > -- > > Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Lead Product Developer > > Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ > > Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ > > Phone: +1 (613) 592 5660 or 592 2122 Fax: +1 (613) 592 1175 > > > > > > > > -- > > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > Brandon Friedman > Cell:083 408 7840 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.bfconsult.co.za > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
