Re: [SLE] wvdial woes (thought I'd start that subject again)
In a message dated 1/3/00, 6:45:14 AM, mmnelson@hewitt.com writes: <<suse-linux-e@suse.com>> You are not the only one having WVDIAL problems. Even though the creator(s) of that program state that it works well now, that is not the case. The problem with my WVDIAL in SuSE Linux v6.3 is that about 20 minutes after dialing my ISP, I get the infamous 'PPPD has died' message, and subsequent redials eventually result in a second error message: 'Modem not responding...' This negates my need for 24/7 PPP access as I am trying to create a ham TCPIP to Internet gateway. That needs to be nearly bulletproof with little or no manual intervention... I hate to say it but Windows-9x and 2000 RC2, etc, have won in this case.... I can stay connected to my ISP for weeks without having to redial... It is NOT an ISP timeout issue as I have set up an unlimited access full time account with fixed IP address for my gateway.... Perhaps there are some other things that I have overlooked, such as a hidden time out timer paramater in some obscure configuration file... Anyone have any suggestions? I am running the latest release of WVDIAL that came with SuSE v6.3... Thanks for your consideration.... 73, Gary, W7NTF -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 w7ntf@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 1/3/00, 6:45:14 AM, mmnelson@hewitt.com writes: <<suse-linux-e@suse.com>>
You are not the only one having WVDIAL problems. Even though the creator(s) of that program state that it works well now, that is not the case. The problem with my WVDIAL in SuSE Linux v6.3 is that about 20 minutes after dialing my ISP, I get the infamous 'PPPD has died' message, and subsequent redials eventually result in a second error message: 'Modem not responding...' This negates my need for 24/7 PPP access as I am trying to create a ham TCPIP to Internet gateway. That needs to be nearly bulletproof with little or no manual intervention... I hate to say it but Windows-9x and 2000 RC2, etc, have won in this case.... I can stay connected to my ISP for weeks without having to redial... It is NOT an ISP timeout issue as I have set up an unlimited access full time account with fixed IP address for my gateway.... Perhaps there are some other things that I have overlooked, such as a hidden time out timer paramater in some obscure configuration file... Anyone have any suggestions? I am running the latest release of WVDIAL that came with SuSE v6.3... Thanks for your consideration....
Did you try the updated package from the ftp server yet? Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Before I got cablemodem mine would do that and I blamed the isp. My problem seemed to come and goo though. It could have been wvdial, but I wouldn't know why. w7ntf@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 1/3/00, 6:45:14 AM, mmnelson@hewitt.com writes: <<suse-linux-e@suse.com>>
You are not the only one having WVDIAL problems. Even though the creator(s) of that program state that it works well now, that is not the case. The
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