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By: Chris Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:48 PM
Re: Reconnect Help
Hi Chris,
>>> A few months back I changed ISPs. Under my old ISP, if I had a crash
>>> or needed to reset, I could reboot and restart Miami and reconnect
>>> instantly. Now, under my new ISP, this almost never happens.
>>>
>>> Usually, it gets stuck on "Finding DNS servers". If I click "Cancel"
>>> then Miami locks up. If I leave it for a couple of minutes, it
>>> sometimes reconnects, but Miami locks up.
>>>
>>> In almost every case, the only way to go offline is to switch off
>>> my modem.
>>>
>>> I've played around with a few settings, but no joy. Can anyone help
>>> me out, this is becoming really annoying.
>> Are you using the "Quick Reconnect" feature in Miami ???
>> Do you have it set to the "File" option ???
> I've always had that option disabled and I get a reconnect almost
> instantly, just as David used to.
Not all ISPs support reconnection (one of mine doesn't), some will
support it fully; and some will let you do it, if they don't know you're
attempting it. The file option is the best choice for them (instead of
your stack polling the ISP to get the information it wants about the
current connect, Miami recalls the data it saved when it first
connected, for the current session).
One of my ISPs will hang up immediately, if I try to reconnect, without
using the file option. The other one will quite happily let me
reconnect; in fact, this one is often quicker to let Miami re-connect by
polling the ISP, instead of using the file.
Though, sometimes it will wait forever for the server to respond with
the data, requiring a couple of reboots, to avoid hanging up and
re-dialling (Miami will, otherwise, either wait for ages, then complain,
or hang up).
Bye,
Tim.
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