Patrick Ford said,
> On 12-Feb-00, Mike White wrote:
>> Silly question.
>> How do I persuade voyager/genesis to stay on line? I vaguely recall
>> something about a 'ping' message to remind the sys that I'm online.
Anything that maintains contact with a remote server will do this.
Running an ICQ program or a mailbox watcher is as effective as pinging.
> All the same, ask telco to check your line, and consider not using any
> splitter to plug the phone into the same line. Cordless phones are
> more likely to upset modems.
> And before anyone attacks their keyboard telling me they have no
> problem, please DON'T!
I have cordless phones on two lines, and have had no problems in years
of use. But cordless phones are a source of problems, as are normal
phones but cordless ones are more susceptible to failure.
You can have a perfectly working setup that suddenly starts giving
trouble with no changes to your config. The phones still appear to work
as voice phones, but disconnecting them from the circuit restores normal
Internet service.
When you get any type of transfer rate or line stability problem, the
first test should always be to disconnect all phones.
Neil
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