[ale] Re:

[Eric Z. Ayers]

As it turns out, the solution is to just go find another access number
than
the one they give you.  Put in another atlanta exchange!  4042873038
seems to work well.

Michael Johnson wrote:
> 
> Yes, I am having the same problem.  The connection just stops, period.
> I have to hang up and re-dial to do anything. I have contacted
> Mindspring/Earthlink about it and they state they can't see any
> problems and to call back if it happens again.
> 
> Unfortunately I am doing this on a Win box for game requirements so I
> don't have any logs to match up with yours.
> 
> Michael
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf
> > Of Eric Z.
> > Ayers
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:56 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject:
> >
> >
> > I've been a mindspring customer for about 2 years.
> > Earthlink just switched
> > me to a new dialup number.  My connection was very reliable before,
> > but with this new number, the connection often 'hangs' and I have to
> > kill the PPP daemon to get it to hang up and dial out
> > again.  I'd say
> > that I get a "good" connection about one time in four.
> > Sometimes, the
> > link will work for a little while, and then will freeze...
> > Are there
> > any other Earthlink users out there suffering from the same problem?
> > I can see in the logs that sometimes 'config-requests' timeout.
> >
> > When I switch back to the old number.  No problems.  Since Earthlink
> > tech support has been unreachable, or sending me back form letters
> > when I ask for help, I'm just about at the end of my rope:
> >
> > I'm using RedHat 6.2.  Can anyone think of something to try?
> >
> > the kernel: ppp: version 2.3.7
> > pppd -v:    pppd version 2.3.11
> >
> >
> > ps auxww | grep pppd
> >
> >  /usr/sbin/pppd -detach lock modem crtscts asyncmap 000000
> > defaultroute usepeerdns debug /dev/ttyS1 115200 ipparam
> > ppp0 linkname ppp0 noauth demand idle 500 connect
> > /usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0
> >
> >
> > Here are some sample log entries.  They don't tell much, other than
> > that the link seems to be configured correctly - I get a new IP
> > address.  I can see that one time below the connect script
> > failed, but
> > that is not normally the case
> >
> > Jan  8 06:20:50 cricket pppd[396]: Starting link
> > Jan  8 06:21:35 cricket pppd[396]: Serial connection established.
> > Jan  8 06:21:35 cricket pppd[396]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> > Jan  8 06:22:13 cricket kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
> > registered
> > Jan  8 06:22:13 cricket kernel: PPP Deflate Compression
> > module registered
> > Jan  8 06:22:14 cricket pppd[396]: Local IP address changed
> > to 209.86.27.61
> > Jan  8 06:24:15 cricket pppd[396]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > Jan  8 06:24:21 cricket pppd[396]: Connection terminated.
> > Jan  8 06:24:21 cricket pppd[396]: Connect time 2.7 minutes.
> > Jan  8 06:24:21 cricket pppd[396]: Sent 1353522 bytes,
> > received 14764139 bytes.
> > Jan  8 06:24:21 cricket pppd[396]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> >
> > Jan  8 06:24:52 cricket pppd[396]: Starting link
> > Jan  8 06:25:36 cricket pppd[396]: Connect script failed
> >
> > Jan  8 06:26:10 cricket pppd[396]: Starting link
> > Jan  8 06:26:34 cricket pppd[396]: Serial connection established.
> > Jan  8 06:26:34 cricket pppd[396]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> > Jan  8 06:26:38 cricket pppd[396]: Local IP address changed
> > to 209.86.142.251
> > Jan  8 07:07:55 cricket pppd[396]: Terminating connection
> > due to lack of activity.
> > Jan  8 07:07:56 cricket pppd[396]: Connection terminated.
> > Jan  8 07:07:56 cricket pppd[396]: Connect time 41.4 minutes.
> > Jan  8 07:07:56 cricket pppd[396]: Sent 1498193 bytes,
> > received 16125000 bytes.
> > Jan  8 07:07:56 cricket pppd[396]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > Jan  8 08:00:01 cricket pppd[396]: Starting link
> > Jan  8 08:00:45 cricket pppd[396]: Serial connection established.
> > Jan  8 08:00:45 cricket pppd[396]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> > Jan  8 08:01:02 cricket kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
> > registered
> > Jan  8 08:01:02 cricket kernel: PPP Deflate Compression
> > module registered
> > Jan  8 08:01:32 cricket pppd[396]: IPCP: timeout sending
> > Config-Requests
> > Jan  8 08:01:38 cricket pppd[396]: Connection terminated.
> > Jan  8 08:01:38 cricket pppd[396]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> >
> > Jan  8 08:02:17 cricket pppd[396]: Starting link
> > Jan  8 08:02:41 cricket pppd[396]: Serial connection established.
> > Jan  8 08:02:41 cricket pppd[396]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> > Jan  8 08:02:45 cricket pppd[396]: Local IP address changed
> > to 209.86.132.235
> > Jan  8 08:11:05 cricket pppd[396]: Terminating connection
> > due to lack of activity.
> > Jan  8 08:11:05 cricket pppd[396]: Connection terminated.
> > Jan  8 08:11:05 cricket pppd[396]: Connect time 8.4 minutes.
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