On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 13:38, Anonymous wrote: > For some reason, after an x amount of time, I can't > surf anymore ... > > Let's say that it's not a "bad" modem ... > > I've gone through all the kppp settings and made the > values as large as possible ... not sure what all of > the values mean, but ... > > what command do I do to get relevant files/logs that > might have information about the connection? > > Would that be the first step to find out? Or will I > have to get some kind of log viewer downloaded and > installed? > > I'm using Mandrake 9.0. > > Does this seem like a reasonable thing to try, or am I > just spinning my wheels? > > BTW, it's not the end of the world, once I get 3 > computers networked, to run downstairs and disconnect, > then disconnect again (kppp won't automatically do it, > because the modem's is still "on" ... I hear it click > off when I disconnect ... and can't get back on until > I disconnect ... i connect again with no problem), but > it's better if it just stayed on ... > > Rita
If you're getting disconnected ALWAYS after about 1.5 hrs, that would mean that the DHCP lease is choking and puking - you can try to avert this a bit by making sure that both DNS servers are listed in the /etc/resolv.conf file - but that is rather strange... -- Mon Mar 24 11:40:00 EST 2003 11:40:00 up 2 days, 22:27, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. -- Grant Wood
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