Thanks Stan but my modem is powered from the PC - it has no other power supply. (Here is a picture of the model I have, which I found on the internet: http://www.sbazar.cz/img/big/74/2917974_1.jpg ). And I wouldn't like to leave the PC on all the time, I don't think its power would be negligible, its fans make plenty of noise even when I am not doing anything on it. The PC is nearly 8 years old and has an Athlon CPU.
You may be relieved to hear though that I am thinking of changing to an ISP who will give me a wireless hub when I join up :-) --- On Wed, 12/23/09, Stan Hoeppner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- On Tue, 11/3/09, [email protected] > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This seems to have solved the problem, but there is > one minor niggle left: when this line in inittab is being > processed, pppd seems to crash out the first few times it is > started - I assume for the same reason mentioned above, i.e. > the ADSL modem is not yet ready - and this causes an error > that it is "respawning too fast" and will be put on hold for > 5 minutes (I don't have the exact text of the > message). Somehow though it is managing to get pppd > running because when I log in, iceweasel can connect to the > internet straight away. > > > > I can probably work out a way to put in a delay > between each respawn to stop this message, but if anyone has > a good idea or knows the 'right' way to do this I'd be > grateful. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Why power off your modem? Just leave it on all the > time like most other people > do. Mine is on 24x7x365 and has been for many many > years. No problems. DSL > modem power consumption is in the single digit watt range > if not down in the > milli watt range, depending on model. I.e. you won't > see any difference on your > electric bill. For that matter, leaving your PC on > all the time probably won't > be noticeable either. > > -- > Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
