Unless you are paying for a 24 hour direct connect line your ISP might be
diconnecting you for idle time.
Don't know your situation, but if you have a dedicated line and pay for
this servcice then you should make fast arraingments with the new ISP, If
you are paying the original ISP the extra fees, then they should be made to
supply those and arrainge with the temp ISP to provide that service. If
the temp ISP isn't going to be arround for long, then I'd try to work
through your primary ISP and let them do the dealing with the temp.
If on the other hand you have only a standard 24 and 7 access dialin line,
then you should disconnect when you aren't using the service and let
someone else use the line.
If you are entitled to it, then your ISPs hands aren't tied. Money
exchanged hands betwen you and them. Money exchanged hands between them
and the temp ISP. You have a contract and should demand that you get what
you pay for. Just be careful that what you pay for is what you think. <grin>
Ron
At 11:23 PM 12/23/98 -0500, John J. Boris, Sr. wrote:
>Hi folks,
>I get my Internet through a dial up line to my ISP. I use a Linux box to
>route using pppd and a US Robotics 56k modem. The connection dials to a
>Cisco AS5300. I have the serial port set to 115200 and reset the modem to
>some settings CISCO had on their web sites. The problem I am having is that
>the connection doesn't stay up for longer than a few hours. Sometimes it is
>only up for a few minutes. Before my ISP switched me to this setup was
>using a US Robotics 33.6 modem and I was dialing into a Proteon server.
>That connection used to stay up for days at a time and only drop when the
>Proteon would lose its route. That loss made my side think that the
>connection was down and reset it.
>Is there anyone on the list that uses this type of setup and can give me
>some pointers on how to check to see what is causing this. The place I am
>dialing into is only temporary because my ISP is doing renovations and they
>contracted with this other ISP to handle their traffic. Since this
>temporary move it has been a rough ride. The ISP that is running the AS5300
>I think is more of a novice than me. He is of no help and my regular ISP's
>hands are tied until I get back on their server.
>Thanks in advance. Pointers to How-tos or RTFM will be greatly appreciate.
>
>John J. Boris, Sr. Boris Computer Services/ONLine Services
>email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>bbs: The Bleeding Edge 609-858-9221
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