On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Aaron deRozario wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 5:26
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced
> > >
> > <snip>
> > > Jeanette....not long ago a contributer to one of these mdk support lists
> > > wrote that the KPPP supplied with 6.0 initializes the config file with a
> > > null for speed (even though the window in the GUI setup says 57600) and
> > > that this causes the connection to time out without anything happening.
> > > He said that to fix this just change the speed setting, save it, then if
> > > 57600 was what you wanted, go back and change it back to 57600. This
> > > made sense to me because I experienced the same symptoms and changed my
> > > setting to 115200 and that fixed my PPP connect problem (I've never
> > > changed mine back). I'll bet that it will fix yours too.
> > >
> > > Alan
> >
> >
> > I have had a similar problem with Kppp timing out on me. Could you
> > tell me which config file we are dealing with here? Is this config file for
> > all dial-up connections, or is there a separate config file for each dialup
> > account you create in Kppp? Also would 57600 be a sutiable speed for a
> > 28.8k modem, or can I go faster? I think I used to use this speed under
> > RH5.2 with Ezppp.
> >
> > Thanking you in advance
> >
> > Aaron
>
> Aaron....actually, no I haven't a clue as to the name of the config file
> or how many of them there might be. My modem is a 28,800 and I have
> successfully used 38,400, 57,600 and 115,200 settings with both windows
> and Linux. Sorry I didn't have more complete answers. (-:
>
> Alan
Set it as high as it will go that only controls the PC to Modem
communication, the modems will negotiate a speed between the two of them
when ever they need to.
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