Re: OT: paradise.net's recent fragility

[Timothy Pick]

I used to enable this little bit in /etc/ppp/ip-up when using paradise 
in a rural setting (the connection was always junk...). I run slackware 
and I'm not sure if this script is the same under other distros(?), but 
it might help you. Just uncomment the last of the following 4 lines:

# If you want to ping the other end to keep the connection open.
# The output from ping will goto >/dev/null, you won't see it.
# Ping -i 60 = send ping every 60 seconds to remote = $5.
#(ping -i 60 $5 &) >/dev/null 2>&1
and also enable the corresponding but in /etc/ppp/ip-down to stop the 
ping when you disconnect:
# Stop ping if you started it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.
#killall ping 2>/dev/null

There is also an init string "+ms=v34" that works for many modems and 
gives a slower but often more reliable (fault tolerant) connection if 
you have a noisy line. Depends on your modem chipset though, you might 
have to google for an equivalent. Not saying it will definitely help, 
but it might. It's surprising how noisy even some town lines can be.

Tim
Wesley Parish wrote:
am I the only one to have had paradise.net fading in and out?
my paradise.net connection can't seem to hang together for any length of time 
before taking a dive like a bantamweight facing a Mike Tyson. ;)

Anyone got any ideas on what I can do - besides constantly complain to 
TelstraClear - like shouting at a deaf man! :-(

Thanks
Wesley Parish