Thanks! That definitely looks useful! I don't know why paradise considers Sumner to be "rural" ...
Wesley Parish On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:00, Timothy Pick wrote: > 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 -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
